drek
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See also: dřék
English
Noun
drek (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of dreck
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from German Dreck, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
drek m inan
- (archaic) shit
- (figurative) nothing
Declension
Further reading
- drek in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- drek in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- drek in Internetová jazyková příručka
Dutch
Pronunciation
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”).
Attested since 1285 in the sense "filth, excrement".
Noun
drek m (uncountable)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From direct.
Adverb
drek
References
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Dreck, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
drȅk m (Cyrillic spelling дре̏к)
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
Noun
drȅk m inan
Inflection
 |
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| nominative | drèk | |
| genitive | drêka | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
drèk | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
— | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
— | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
— | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
drêku | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
drêkom | |
Further reading
- “drek”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran