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Noun [Dutch]

Audio: Nl-stro.ogg Forms: strootje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -oː Etymology: From Middle Dutch strô, from Old Dutch *strō, from Proto-West Germanic *strau, from Proto-Germanic *strawą. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|strô}} Middle Dutch strô, {{inh|nl|odt|*strō}} Old Dutch *strō, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*strau}} Proto-West Germanic *strau, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*strawą}} Proto-Germanic *strawą Head templates: {{nl-noun|n|-|+}} stro n (uncountable, diminutive strootje n)
  1. straw Tags: neuter, uncountable Derived forms: strobaal, stroblond, strohalm, strooien, walstro
    Sense id: en-stro-nl-noun-6foEU4aU Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /strɔ̝ː/, /straː/ [Northern] Forms: stroe [alternative], stra [alternative, Northern], straa [alternative, Northern], stray [alternative, Northern]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse strá, from Proto-Germanic *strawą. Doublet of straw. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|non|strá}} Borrowed from Old Norse strá, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*strawą}} Proto-Germanic *strawą, {{doublet|enm|straw}} Doublet of straw Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} stro, {{enm-noun|-}} stro (uncountable)
  1. Straw; the plant material remaining after threshing. Tags: Northern, uncountable
    Sense id: en-stro-enm-noun-2BXAQHRO Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Northern Middle English, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 72 5 23 Disambiguation of Northern Middle English: 67 6 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 81 6 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 4 8
  2. (rare) A stalk; a piece of straw. Tags: Northern, rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-stro-enm-noun-O7FPh4vD
  3. (rare, figurative) Anything trifling or worthless. Tags: Northern, figuratively, rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-stro-enm-noun-QAzPrMQE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: stroberie
Categories (other): Agriculture Disambiguation of Agriculture: 0 0 0

Noun [Old High German]

Forms: strō [canonical, neuter]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *strau, see also Old English strēaw, Old Norse strá. Etymology templates: {{dercat|goh|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|goh|gmw-pro|*strau}} Proto-West Germanic *strau Head templates: {{head|goh|noun|||||g=n|g2=|head=strō|sort=}} strō n, {{goh-noun|n|head=strō}} strō n
  1. straw

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "head": "strō",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "strō n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "head": "strō"
      },
      "expansion": "strō n",
      "name": "goh-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old High German",
  "lang_code": "goh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English links with redundant target parameters",
        "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old High German lemmas",
        "Old High German neuter nouns",
        "Old High German nouns",
        "Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "straw"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "straw",
          "straw"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stro"
}

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