spröde

== German == === Alternative forms === spröd === Etymology === Uncertain. Possibly connected with West Flemish sprooi and Middle English sprēth, sprēþe (“spiritually weak, inadequate”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃpʁøːdə/ Hyphenation: sprö‧de === Adjective === spröde (strong nominative masculine singular spröder, comparative spröder, superlative am sprödesten) brittle rough, chapped (skin) prudish, reserved, aloof, restrained ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Danish: sprød → Norwegian Bokmål: sprø (from older spröd) → Swedish: spröd === References === === Further reading === “spröde” in Duden online “spröde”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)