drek
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== English ==
=== Noun ===
drek (uncountable)
Alternative spelling of dreck.
== Czech ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from German Dreck, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈdrɛk]
=== Noun ===
drek m inan
(archaic) shit
(figurative) nothing
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“drek”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
“drek”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
“drek”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
== Dutch ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /drɛk/
Hyphenation: drek
Rhymes: -ɛk
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Middle Dutch drec, from Old Dutch *threkk, 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 English dreck, German Dreck (“dirt; filth”), Old Norse þrekkr, Swedish träck. Wider Indo-European cognates include Latin stercus (“dung, manure”).
Attested since 1285 in the sense "filth, excrement".
==== Noun ====
drek m (uncountable, no diminutive)
dirt, filth
excrement
===== Derived terms =====
drekpoëet
=== Etymology 2 ===
From direct.
==== Adverb ====
drek
(dialectal) later, later today
Synonym: straks
==== References ====
== Serbo-Croatian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from German Dreck.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /drêk/
=== Noun ===
drȅk m inan (Cyrillic spelling дре̏к)
(dialectal) shit, crap
(dialectal) dreck
==== Declension ====
== Slovene ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from German Dreck
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /drɛ́k/
=== Noun ===
drȅk m inan
(vulgar) shit
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“drek”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026