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German
Etymology
From the verbs drucken and drücken.
Pronunciation
Noun
Druck m (strong, genitive Druckes or Drucks, plural Drucke or Drücke)
- pressure
- unter Druck stehen ― to be under pressure
2010, Der Spiegel, number 29/2010, page 99:Während die Airlines gegen Verluste kämpfen, boomt die Abwrackbranche. Der wirtschaftliche Druck lässt die Fluglinien immer früher Modelle ausmustern, die nicht mehr effizient genug sind.- While the airlines fight against losses, the demolition industry booms. The economic pressure makes airlines sort out models, which are not efficient enough anymore, earlier and earlier.
- print
- (slang) fix (drug injection)
1978, Horst Rieck, Christiane F., Kai Hermann, Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo [Zoo Station: The Story of Christiane F.], →ISBN:Schon nach zwei, drei Stunden erzählte mir jemand, daß Detlef sich zusammen mit seinem besten Freund Bernd einen Druck gesetzt hatte.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Derived terms
(pressure):
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Further reading
- “Druck” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Druck” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Plautdietsch
Noun
Druck m
- pressure
- stress