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Central Franconian
- drei, dreich (most of Moselle Franconian)
- dreche (southernmost Moselle Franconian; conflated with another Old High German word)
Etymology
From Middle High German drǖge, 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
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.
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