drek
See also: dřék
English
Noun
drek (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of dreck
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from German Dreck, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /drek/
Noun
drek m
- (archaic) shit
- (figuratively) nothing
Declension
Declension of drek
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | drek | dreky |
| genitive | dreku | dreků |
| dative | dreku | drekům |
| accusative | drek | dreky |
| vocative | dreku | dreky |
| locative | dreku | drecích |
| instrumental | drekem | dreky |
Further reading
- drek in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- drek in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /drɛk/
- Hyphenation: drek
- Rhymes: -ɛk
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch drec, from Old Dutch *threkk, form Proto-West Germanic *þraki, from Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terǵ-, *(s)terḱ-, *(s)treḱ- (“manure, dung; to sully, soil, decay”). Compare English dreck, German Dreck (“dirt; filth”), Old Norse þrekkr, Swedish träck. Wider Indo-European cognates include Latin stercus (“dung, manure”).
Noun
drek m (uncountable)
- dirt, filth
Derived terms
- drekpoëet
Etymology 2
From direct.[1]
Adverb
drek
- (dialectal) later, later today
- Synonym: straks
References
- https://www.demauwerd.nl/kenmerken-van-het-av/
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Dreck, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /drêk/
Noun
drȅk m (Cyrillic spelling дре̏к)
- (dialectal) shit, crap
- (dialectal) dreck
Declension
Declension of drek
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | drȅk |
| genitive | drèka |
| dative | dreku |
| accusative | drek |
| vocative | dreku / dreče |
| locative | dreku |
| instrumental | drekom |
Slovene
Etymology
Borrowed from German Dreck, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /drɛ́k/
Noun
drȅk m inan
- (vulgar) shit
Inflection
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| nominative | drèk | |
| genitive | drêka | |
| singular | ||
| nominative | drèk | |
| accusative | drèk | |
| genitive | drêka | |
| dative | drêku | |
| locative | drêku | |
| instrumental | drêkom | |
Further reading
- “drek”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran