Formed from the verb straffe (“to penalize”), from Middle Low German straffen (“to punish, blame”), from Proto-West Germanic *strēpōn, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly related to *streupan (“to squeeze, press, graze”).
straf c (singular definite straffen, plural indefinite straffe)
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | straf | straffen | straffe | straffene |
| genitive | strafs | straffens | straffes | straffenes |
Early modern Dutch straffe, derived from straffen. Compare German Strafe.
straf f (plural straffen, diminutive strafje n)
straf
From late Middle Dutch straf. Further etymology is not known.
straf (comparative straffer, superlative strafst)
| Inflection of straf | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | straf | |||
| inflected | straffe | |||
| comparative | straffer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | straf | straffer | het strafst het strafste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | straffe | straffere | strafste |
| n. sing. | straf | straffer | strafste | |
| plural | straffe | straffere | strafste | |
| definite | straffe | straffere | strafste | |
| partitive | strafs | straffers | — | |
straf
From German Strafe (“punishment”).
straf