drue

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Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German drūve (“bunch”). Compare German Traube (“bunch, grape”) (from Old High German drūbo).

Pronunciation

Noun

drue c (singular definite druen, plural indefinite druer)

  1. grape (fruit)
  2. (formal, humorous) wine

Declension

Declension of drue
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative drue druen druer druerne
genitive drues druens druers druernes

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French

Adjective

drue

  1. feminine singular of dru

Middle English

Adjective

drue

  1. Alternative form of drye

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Middle Low German druve.

Noun

drue f or m (definite singular drua or druen, indefinite plural druer, definite plural druene)

  1. a grape (fruit)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Middle Low German druve.

Noun

drue f (definite singular drua, indefinite plural druer, definite plural druene)

  1. a grape (fruit)

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References

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English trewe, from Old English trīewe, from Proto-West Germanic *triuwī.

Pronunciation

Adjective

drue

  1. true
    • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 106:
      Ich aam a vat hog it's drue. Aar is ken apan aam.
      I am a fat hog, 'tis true. There is ken upon them.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 36
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