Polyglot Dictionary

Dreck

/dʁɛk/

der noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. dirt

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Schmutz

Dreck is more colloquial and coarse — it can even be used as a mild swear, "das geht dich einen Dreck an," none of your business; Schmutz is the more neutral, standard word for dirt.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

suciedad

suciedad is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "dirt."

Practice

1 What does Dreck mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die Schuhe sind voller ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Dreck?

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