schroff

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian صراف‎ (sarâf) or Urdu صراف‎ (sarrāf), from Arabic صَرَّاف‎ (ṣarrāf).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃɹɒf/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒf

Noun

schroff (plural schroffs)

  1. (India) A banker or moneychanger.
  2. (Hong Kong) A cashier's office or booth.
    Pay your bill at the schroff.

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃʁɔf/
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

schroff (strong nominative masculine singular schroffer, comparative schroffer, superlative am schroffsten)

  1. steep
  2. gruff, bluff, harsh, rugged, brusque

Declension

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “schroff” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “schroff” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “schroff” in Duden online

Plautdietsch

Adjective

schroff

  1. rough
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