stroop

See also: Stroop

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch stroop, from siroop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /struəp/

Noun

stroop (plural strope)

1. syrup, especially a viscous type of syrup

Descendants

• → Sotho: seturupu

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stroːp/, (Southern Dutch) [stroːp], (Northern Dutch) [stroʊ̯p]

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• Hyphenation: stroop
• Rhymes: -oːp

Etymology 1

From siroop.

Noun

stroop f (plural stropen, diminutive stroopje n)

1. syrup, especially a viscous variety of syrup

Derived terms

• appelstroop
• schenkstroop
• stroperig
• suikerstroop
• stroopwafel

Related terms

• siroop

Descendants

• Afrikaans: stroop
  • → Sotho: seturupu
• Petjo: stroop, seterop
• → Caribbean Javanese: setrup
• → Papiamentu: stropi

Etymology 2

From stropen.

Noun

stroop m (uncountable)

1. poaching (the act of hunting illegally)

Anagrams

• proost, sproot