schroef

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sxruf/
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  • Hyphenation: schroef
  • Rhymes: -uf

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French escroue, from Latin scrōfa (“female pig”) through comparison with the corkscrew shape of a pig's penis. There is also the Old French escruve (“screw”), from Old Dutch *scrūva ("screw"; whence Middle Dutch schruyve (“screw”)).

Noun

schroef f or m (plural schroeven, diminutive schroefje n)

  1. screw (fastener)
  2. (nautical) A ship's propeller.
  3. An Archimedes screw.
Usage notes

The word is common in the Netherlands. In Belgium vijs is more common.

Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: skroef
  • Negerhollands: śruf
  • → Caribbean Javanese: sekrup
  • → Malay: sekerup

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

schroef

  1. inflection of schroeven:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative
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