dréchen

== Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From Middle High German drüchen, from Old High German *druhhī̆n (attested 9th c. as druhiniee). This form, which is restricted to western Moselle Franconian, is a blend of Proto-Germanic *druknaz (whose descendants are found in Rhine Franconian) and *drūgiz (found in Ripuarian and northeastern Moselle Franconian). It is not ruled out that this blended form precedes the High German consonant shift. Alternatively, the geminate /xː/ may have arisen in Old High German as a compromise between /kː/ and /ɣ/. From Proto-Germanic *druknaz are German trocken, Yiddish טרוקן (trukn). From Proto-Germanic *drūgiz are Central Franconian drüch, drei(ch), Limburgish druug, English dry. From a third variant *draugiz are Dutch droog, Low German dröög. All mean “dry”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈdʀəɕən] === Adjective === dréchen (masculine dréchenen, neuter dréchent, comparative méi dréchen, superlative am dréchensten) dry (not moist or wet) Antonyms: fiicht, naass dry, stale Antonym: frësch (wine) dry Antonym: séiss ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Dréchent