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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Dutch drup, by-form of drop, from Middle Dutch drop. The sense “drip” is a semantic loan from English drip.
Noun
drup (plural druppe)
- A drop of a liquid.
- Synonym: druppel
- A drip, an intravenous.
Etymology 2
From Dutch druppen, from Middle Dutch droppen.
Verb
drup (present drup, present participle druppende, past participle gedrup)
- (intransitive) to drip
Dutch
Etymology
This form is very likely based on druppel, which is a suffixed derivate of drop that displays the effects of i-umlaut due to the suffix -el, which triggers it; drup is otherwise not at all an expected reflex of Proto-Germanic *drupô, as the short Germanic *u regularly yields Dutch o, not u.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /drʏp/
- Hyphenation: drup
- Rhymes: -ʏp
Noun
drup m (plural druppen, diminutive drupje n or druppie n)
- Alternative form of drop (“droplet”)
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