Dreck

See also: dreck and dréck

German

Alternative forms

• Drekk

Etymology

From Middle High German drëc, from Old High German drec, from Proto-West Germanic *þraki. Cognate with Old Norse þrekkr and Swedish träck.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʁɛk/

• Audio:

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Noun

Dreck m (strong, genitive Dreckes or Drecks, no plural)

1. dirt
2. filth
3. (Austria) excrement, faeces

Declension

Declension of Dreck [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Dreck
genitive	eines	des	Dreckes, Drecks
dative	einem	dem	Dreck, Drecke1
accusative	einen	den	Dreck

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Dreck am Stecken
• dreckig
• Drecksarbeit
• Drecksau
• Dreckskerl
• Dreckspatz
• Dreckstück
• durch den Dreck ziehen
• in den Dreck ziehen
• Scheißdreck
• verdrecken

 

Descendants

• → Czech: drek
• → Kashubian: drëk
• → Serbo-Croatian: дре̏к (drȅk)
• → Slovene: drȅk

Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German drëc, from Old High German drec, from Proto-West Germanic *þraki. Cognate with German Dreck, Dutch drek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʀæk/

Noun

Dreck m (plural Drecker)

1. dirt, filth
2. rubbish, junk, refuse
3. excrement, feces

Derived terms

• dreckeg