sloof

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sloːf/
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  • Hyphenation: sloof
  • Rhymes: -oːf

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch slove, sloof, from or related to Proto-West Germanic *slaubjōn, from Proto-Germanic *slaubijōną (“to slip into”), perhaps related to *sleupaną (“to slip, glide, sneak”).[1]

Noun

sloof f (plural sloven, diminutive sloofje n)

  1. apron, especially an artisan's or food worker's apron

Etymology 2

From sloven.

Noun

sloof f (plural sloven, diminutive sloofje n)

  1. a hard-working woman doing domestic work; e.g. a maid or housewife

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “sloof”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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