stro

See also: stró, strö, and strø

Dutch

Ronde strobalen
Round bales of straw

Etymology

From Middle Dutch strô, from Old Dutch *strō, from Proto-West Germanic *strau, from Proto-Germanic *strawą.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -oː

Noun

stro n (uncountable, diminutive strootje n)

1. straw

Derived terms

• strobaal
• stroblond
• strohalm
• strooien
• walstro

 

Anagrams

• rost, rots, tros

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *strau, see also Old English strēaw, Old Norse strá.

Noun

strō n

1. straw

Descendants

• Middle High German: strō
  • German: Stroh
  • Luxembourgish: Stréi
  • Vilamovian: śtruf
  • Yiddish: שטרוי (shtroy)