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German
Etymology
Literally, “around that turn”. Dreh is here probably used in the regional (East Central and Low German) sense “turn of a road, bend in a path”. Compare synonymous die Ecke (literally “that corner”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
um den Dreh
- (colloquial, usually postpositioned) about, roughly
Das sind so dreißig um den Dreh.- There are thirty of them or thereabouts.