schroef
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sxruf/
Audio (Belgium): (file) Audio (Netherlands): (file) - 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. Compare Old French escruve, from Old Dutch *scrūva ("screw"; whence Middle Dutch schruyve (“screw”)).
Noun
schroef f or m (plural schroeven, diminutive schroefje n)
- screw (fastener)
- (nautical) a ship's propeller
- an Archimedes screw
Usage notes
The word is common in the Netherlands. In Belgium vijs is more common.
Derived terms
- aandrijfschroef
- bankschroef
- moerschroef
- scheepsschroef
- schroefaandrijving
- schroefdraad
- schroefgang
- schroefgat
- schroefhoorn
- schroefkop
- schroeflijn
- schroeforchis
- schroefveer
- schroeven
- schroevendraaier
Descendants
- Afrikaans: skroef
- → Fanagalo: skruf
- → Zulu: sikelo
- Negerhollands: śruf
- Sranan Tongo: skrufu
- Aukan: sukuufu
- Saramaccan: sukúfu
- → Caribbean Javanese: sekrup
- → Malay: sekerup
- Indonesian: sekrup
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
schroef
- inflection of schroeven:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative