drüch

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • drei, dreich (most of Moselle Franconian)
  • dreche (southernmost Moselle Franconian; conflated with another Old High German word)

Etymology

From northern Old High German *drūgi, which is immediately cognate with Middle Dutch drughe (Limburgish druug) and probably Old English drȳġe (modern English dry), from Proto-Germanic *drūgiz. Also related with modern Dutch droog, Low German dröög, German trocken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʀyɕ/

Adjective

drüch (masculine drüjje or drühe, feminine drüch or drüh, comparative drüjjer or drüher, superlative et drüchste)

  1. (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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