Stroh

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Stroh.

Proper noun

Stroh (countable and uncountable, plural Strohs)

1. A surname from German.
2. An unincorporated community in LaGrange County, Indiana, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Stroh is the 7012^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4777 individuals. Stroh is most common among White (94.81%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Stroh”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Horst, Short, Stohr, horst, hotrs, short, thors, trosh

German

Etymology

From Middle High German strō, from Old High German strō. Cognate with Old Norse strá, Old English streaw, Dutch stroo, English straw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtʁoː/
• Rhymes: -oː

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Stroh n (strong, genitive Strohes or Strohs, no plural)

1. straw

Declension

Declension of Stroh [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Stroh
genitive	eines	des	Strohes, Strohs
dative	einem	dem	Stroh, Strohe1
accusative	ein	das	Stroh

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Strohblume
• Strohdach
• strohdumm
• Strohfeuer
• Strohhalm
• Strohhut
• Strohmann

Proper noun

Stroh m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Strohs or (with an article) Stroh, feminine genitive Stroh, plural Strohs)

1. a surname, Stroh

Descendants

• English: Stroh

Further reading

• “Stroh” in Duden online
• “Stroh” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtroː/

Noun

Stroh n

1. straw

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary