schroff
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Persian صراف (sarâf) or Urdu صراف (sarrāf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ʃɹɒf/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒf
Noun
[edit]schroff (plural schroffs)
- (India) A banker or moneychanger.
- (Hong Kong) A cashier's office or booth.
- Pay your bill at the schroff.
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]schroff (strong nominative masculine singular schroffer, comparative schroffer, superlative am schroffsten)
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of schroff
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist schroff | sie ist schroff | es ist schroff | sie sind schroff | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | schroffer | schroffe | schroffes | schroffe |
genitive | schroffen | schroffer | schroffen | schroffer | |
dative | schroffem | schroffer | schroffem | schroffen | |
accusative | schroffen | schroffe | schroffes | schroffe | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der schroffe | die schroffe | das schroffe | die schroffen |
genitive | des schroffen | der schroffen | des schroffen | der schroffen | |
dative | dem schroffen | der schroffen | dem schroffen | den schroffen | |
accusative | den schroffen | die schroffe | das schroffe | die schroffen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein schroffer | eine schroffe | ein schroffes | (keine) schroffen |
genitive | eines schroffen | einer schroffen | eines schroffen | (keiner) schroffen | |
dative | einem schroffen | einer schroffen | einem schroffen | (keinen) schroffen | |
accusative | einen schroffen | eine schroffe | ein schroffes | (keine) schroffen |
Comparative forms of schroff
Superlative forms of schroff
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “schroff” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “schroff” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “schroff” in Duden online
Plautdietsch
[edit]Adjective
[edit]schroff
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