roede

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See also: röde

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch roede, from Old Dutch ruoda, from Proto-Germanic *rōdō. Cognate with German Rute, Old English rōd (English rood).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈru.də/
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  • Hyphenation: roe‧de
  • Rhymes: -udə

Noun

roede f (plural roeden or roedes, diminutive roedetje n)

  1. a rod, woody branch or staff, notably as a symbol of authority
    Synonyms: staf, stok, tak, telg
  2. a rod, similar object in various materials (e.g. for a curtain)
    Synonyms: staf, stok
  3. a faggot, bavin or other bundle of sticks or twigs, used for making brooms or as a punitive implement
    Synonym: tuchtroede
  4. (archaic and literary) a penis
  5. (dated) an are, a unit of area corresponding to 100 square metres
    Synonyms: are, vierkante decameter
  6. (historical) an old unit of area varying from about 10 to 33 square metres
  7. (dated) a decametre, a unit of length corresponding to 10 metres
    Synonym: decameter
  8. (historical) an old unit of length varying from about 3.5 to 5.75 metres

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: roede
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: ro (dated)

Galician

Verb

roede

  1. second-person plural imperative of roer
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