kroep

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krup/
• Hyphenation: kroep
• Rhymes: -up

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from French croup, from English croup.

Noun

kroep m (uncountable)

1. croup (viral or diphtherial infection of the larynx)

Etymology 2

Probably borrowed from French croupe, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French croupe, from Old Norse kroppr (“body, trunk, mass”), from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz (“body, mass, heap, collection, crop”).

Noun

kroep f (uncountable)

1. croup, croupe (hindpart of the rump of a horse)