derbe

== Daur == === Noun === derbe pillow == German == === Etymology === Initially a regional variation of derb, popularized via hip-hop culture. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === derbe (indeclinable, predicative only) (youth slang, chiefly Northern Germany) alternative form of derb (“cool”, literally “rough”) Synonym: krass === Adverb === derbe (youth slang) Used as intensifier; very ==== Usage notes ==== The form is used in northern German slang to describe a kind of “rough coolness” but is also an expletive. It is rarely used quite synonymously with derb but is undistinguishable from it in all inflected forms. === Further reading === “derbe”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “derbe” in Duden online