"dreck" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɹɛk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dreck.wav
Rhymes: -ɛk Etymology: From Yiddish דרעק (drek, “dirt, crap”), from Middle High German drek, from Old High German *threc (in mūsthrec), from 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 Cimbrian drèkh (“excrement, manure”), Dutch drek (“dung; semi-liquid filth; mud”), German Dreck (“dirt; filth”), Latin stercus (“dung, manure”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|yi|דרעק||dirt, crap}} Yiddish דרעק (drek, “dirt, crap”), {{der|en|gmh|drek}} Middle High German drek, {{der|en|goh|*threc}} Old High German *threc, {{der|en|gmw-pro|*þraki}} Proto-West Germanic *þraki, {{der|en|gem-pro|*þrakjaz}} Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz, {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)terǵ-}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)terǵ-, {{cog|cim|drèkh||excrement, manure}} Cimbrian drèkh (“excrement, manure”), {{cog|nl|drek||dung; semi-liquid filth; mud}} Dutch drek (“dung; semi-liquid filth; mud”), {{cog|de|Dreck||dirt; filth}} German Dreck (“dirt; filth”), {{cog|la|stercus||dung, manure}} Latin stercus (“dung, manure”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} dreck (uncountable)
  1. (informal) Trash; worthless merchandise. Tags: informal, uncountable Synonyms: crap, junk, trash, trash, drek Derived forms: dreckish, dreckitude, dreckness, drecky
    Sense id: en-dreck-en-noun-RFXJZSMH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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