Noun: schroef
Gender: Masculine, Feminine
Hyphenation:
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like schroef
stoomlocomotief,
schuif,
schijf,
scherf,
schelf,
oorlogsverf,
bedrijf,
bootgraf,
keurslijf,
optatief,
steppekiekendief,
citroenschijf,
boeggolf,
privébrief,
offensief,
woonerf,
waterverf,
waterwolf,
accusatief,
zwaartekrachtsgolf, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French escroue, from Latin scrōfa (“female pig”) through comparison with the corkscrew shape of a pig's penis. Compare Old French escruve, from Old Dutch *scrūva ("screw"; whence Middle Dutch schruyve (“screw”)). See: Latin Nouns '
scrōfa'.
Verbs referencing "schroef"
English Nouns
screw, Czech Nouns
šroub, Spanish Nouns
tuerca, Polish Nouns
śruba.
Translations