schroef

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sxruf/

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• 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. There is also the Old French escruve (“screw”), from Old Dutch *scrūva ("screw"; whence Middle Dutch schruyve (“screw”)).

Noun

schroef f or m (plural schroeven, diminutive schroefje n)

1. screw (fastener)
2. (nautical) A ship's propeller.
3. 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
• → Caribbean Javanese: sekrup
• → Malay: sekerup

• Indonesian: sekrup

• → Papiamentu: skruf, skroef, schroef
• → Sranan Tongo: skrufu
  • → Aukan: sukuufu
  • → Saramaccan: sukúfu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

schroef

1. inflection of schroeven:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative