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drek.

dirt, filth

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/drɛk/
  1. dirt, filth

    masculine · no-diminutive · uncountable
  2. excrement

    masculine · no-diminutive · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch drec, from Old Dutch *threkk, from Proto-West Germanic *þraki, from Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz. 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".

adv/drɛk/
  1. later, later today

    dialectal
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