droge

See also: Droge, dröge, and drogę

Danish

Etymology

From French drogue, from Middle French circa 1462, from Middle Dutch droge (Modern Dutch droog).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /droːɡə/, [ˈd̥ʁoːwə]

Noun

droge c (singular definite drogen, plural indefinite droger)

1. drug, medicine (substance which promotes healing)

Inflection

Declension of droge

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	droge	drogen	droger	drogerne
genitive	droges	drogens	drogers	drogernes

Further reading

• “droge” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdroː.ɣə/

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• Hyphenation: dro‧ge
• Rhymes: -oːɣə

Etymology 1

From droog.

Adjective

droge

1. inflection of droog:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

Noun

droge n (uncountable)

1. dry land

   Na dagen op zee, waren ze blij om droge te zien. ― After days at sea, they were glad to see dry land.

   De schipbreukelingen zochten naar droge om te overleven. ― The castaways sought dry land for survival.

   In de verte zagen ze de droge, een teken van hoop. ― In the distance, they saw the dry land, a sign of hope.

Derived terms

• zijn schaapjes op het droge hebben

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

droge

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of drogen

Anagrams

• droeg

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɔɡʲɛ/, [ˈdrɔɡʲə]

Adjective

droge

1. inflection of drogi:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *drōgi, from Proto-Germanic *draugiz.

Adjective

drôge

1. dry
2. plain, bare, without anything else
3. dry, unfriendly (of a person)
4. died off, lame, unusable (of severely diseased limbs)

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• drôgen

Descendants

• Dutch: droog
• Limburgish: druueg

Further reading

• “droghe (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “droge (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French drogue.

Noun

droge m (definite singular drogen, indefinite plural droger, definite plural drogene)

1. a drug (of animal or vegetable origin)

References

• “droge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “droge_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French drogue. In the meaning of illegal narcotics is probably influenced by Swedish drog and/or English drug.

Noun

droge m (definite singular drogen, indefinite plural drogar, definite plural drogane)
droge f (definite singular droga, indefinite plural droger, definite plural drogene)

1. a drug (of animal or vegetable origin)

   Synonym: lækjemiddel

2. (colloquial) illegal narcotics

   Synonyms: dop, knark, narkotika

References

• “droge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.