dran

See also: drań

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -an

Adverb

dran

  1. Alternative form of daran
  2. (in the phrase dran sein) to be in a particular condition
    Sie ist wirklich schlecht dran.
    She is really badly off.
  3. (in the phrase an (etwas) dran sein) to be (possibly) true
    „Was hältst Du von den Gerüchten?“ — „Ich denke, an denen ist etwas dran.“
    "What do you make of the rumours?" — "I think there might be something to them."
  4. (slang, in the phrase dran sein) to get it, to suffer consequences, punishment or retaliation
    Jetzt bist du dran!
    Now you're gonna get it!
  5. (in the phrase dran sein) to be somebody's turn in a game
    Du bist dran!
    It's your turn!

Further reading

  • dran in Duden online

Leipon

Noun

dran

  1. fresh water

Further reading

  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
  • ABVD as d̃an
  • ASJP as de*an

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʀɑn/

Adverb

dran

  1. Alternative form of doran (“therein”)

Nali

Noun

dran

  1. fresh water

References

  • Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *drēnuz (“drone”). Cognate with Old Saxon drān (Low German drōne), Old High German treno (dialectal German Dräne).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /drɑːn/

Noun

drān f (nominative plural drāne or drāna)

  1. male bee, drone

Descendants

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