droge

From French drogue, from Middle French circa 1462, from Middle Dutch droge (Modern Dutch droog).

• IPA^(key): /droːɡə/, [ˈd̥ʁoːwə]

droge c (singular definite drogen, plural indefinite droger)

1. drug, medicine (substance which promotes healing)

• “droge” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /ˈdroː.ɣə/

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• Hyphenation: dro‧ge
• Rhymes: -oːɣə

From droog.

droge

1. inflection of droog:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

droge n (uncountable)

1. dry land

   Na dagen op zee, waren ze blij om droge te zien. ― After days at sea, they were glad to see dry land.

   De schipbreukelingen zochten naar droge om te overleven. ― The castaways sought dry land for survival.

   In de verte zagen ze de droge, een teken van hoop. ― In the distance, they saw the dry land, a sign of hope.

• zijn schaapjes op het droge hebben

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

droge

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of drogen

• droeg

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɔɡʲɛ/, [ˈdrɔɡʲə]

droge

1. inflection of drogi:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

From Old Dutch *drōgi, from Proto-Germanic *draugiz.

drôge

1. dry
2. plain, bare, without anything else
3. dry, unfriendly (of a person)
4. died off, lame, unusable (of severely diseased limbs)

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

• drôgen

• Dutch: droog
• Limburgish: druueg

• “droghe (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “droge (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

From French drogue.

droge m (definite singular drogen, indefinite plural droger, definite plural drogene)

1. a drug (of animal or vegetable origin)

• “droge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “droge_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From French drogue. In the meaning of illegal narcotics is probably influenced by Swedish drog and/or English drug.

droge m (definite singular drogen, indefinite plural drogar, definite plural drogane)
droge f (definite singular droga, indefinite plural droger, definite plural drogene)

1. a drug (of animal or vegetable origin)

   Synonym: lækjemiddel

2. (colloquial) illegal narcotics

   Synonyms: dop, knark, narkotika

• “droge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.