drop
liquorice
Intermediate Noun common
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Pronunciation
/drɔp/
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Cultural Note
The Dutch consume approximately 2 kg of liquorice per person per year, making them the world's biggest consumers. Drop comes in hundreds of varieties: zoet (sweet), zout (salty), hard, soft, honey-flavoured, and more. Salty liquorice (zoute drop) is infamous for shocking foreign visitors with its intense ammonium chloride flavour.
📝 Example Sentences
Nederlanders eten meer drop dan enig ander land.
Dutch people eat more liquorice than any other country.
Wil je zoute of zoete drop?
Do you want salty or sweet liquorice?