drüch
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- drei, dreich (most of Moselle Franconian)
- dreche (southernmost Moselle Franconian; conflated with another Old High German word)
Etymology
From northern Old High German *drūgi (attested in the dative plural drūgon), from Proto-Germanic *drūgiz. Immediately cognate with Middle Dutch drughe (Limburgish druug) and probably Old English drȳġe (modern English dry). Also related with modern Dutch droog, Low German dröög, German trocken.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʀyɕ/
Adjective
drüch (masculine drüjje or drühe, feminine drüch or drüh, comparative drüjjer or drüher, superlative et' drüchste)
- (Ripuarian) dry
- Dat Brut maach ich net, dat es mer ze drüch.
- I don’t like that bread, it’s too dry for me.
- Dat Brut maach ich net, dat es mer ze drüch.