Synonyms: bedroevend, smartelijk, treurig
| Part of speech | adjective |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /druf/ |
| Hyphenation | droef |
| Positive | droef |
|---|---|
| Comparative | droever |
| Superlative | droefst |
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predicative | droef | droever | (het) droefst, (het) droefste | |||
| Attributive | Indefinite | Masculine and feminine plural | droeve | droevere | droefste | |
| Indefinite singular | droef | droever | droefst | |||
| Plural | droeve | droevere | droefste | |||
| Definite | droeve | droevere | droefste | |||
| Partitive | droefs | droevers | ||||
| English | dismal; miserable; bleak; depressing; saddening |
|---|---|
| Esperanto | malĝojiga |
| French | pénible |
| Norwegian | sturen |
| Turkish | acıklı |