Similar words
ironisch
Both describe a deadpan, understated kind of wit — ironisch is ironic; trocken is "dry" in the English sense of dry humor.
Similar in other languages
Portuguese
seco
seco is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "dry."
Practice
1 What does trocken mean?
dry
2 Fill the gap: Der Boden war ganz ___.
Full sentence: Der Boden war ganz trocken. (The ground was completely dry.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches trocken?
trocken: neutral register, core frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.