kurkdroog

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of kurk +‎ droog, literally “dry as cork”. First attested in the eighteenth century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʏrkˈdroːx/

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• Hyphenation: kurk‧droog

Adjective

kurkdroog (not comparable)

1. bone-dry (very dry)

   Synonyms: beendroog, gortdroog

Inflection

Declension of kurkdroog
uninflected	kurkdroog
inflected	kurkdroge
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		kurkdroog
indefinite	m./f. sing.	kurkdroge
	n. sing.	kurkdroog
	plural	kurkdroge
definite		kurkdroge
partitive		kurkdroogs