Dreck

/drɛk/ noun

Definition

Trash, garbage, or something of poor quality; junk or worthless material.

Etymology

From Yiddish 'drek', ultimately from German/Old High German 'drek' meaning feces or filth. The word entered English in the 20th century via American Yiddish speakers and has become colloquial.

Kelly Says

Yiddish gave English tons of colorful insult words—'dreck' is fun because it keeps its literal gross origin while being acceptable to say in casual conversation, unlike its crude German ancestor.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ጥርስ
tir-s
ARالعربية
قذى
qad-i
BNবাংলা
কুচর
ku-char
CACatalà
escombraries
es-kom-bra-ree-es
CSČeština
špína
sh-pee-nah
DADansk
skidt
skidt
DEDeutsch
Dreck
dreqk
ELΕλληνικά
βρόμικος
vroh-mee-kos
ESEspañol
mierda
mjehr-dah
FAفارسی
ごみ
go-mi
FISuomi
roska
ros-ka
FRFrançais
immondice
im-ohn-dee-ss
GUGU
બેદકાર
beh-dah-kaar
HAHA
sisa
see-sah
HEעברית
פסולת
fa-soul-t
HIहिन्दी
कचरा
kach-rah
HUMagyar
mocsok
mo-chsok
IDBahasa Indonesia
sampah
sam-pah
IGIG
nkwu
nkwoo
ITItaliano
schifo
skif-fo
JA日本語
ゴミ
gomi
KKKK
сор
sor
KMKM
រលា
roh-lah
KO한국어
쓰레기
sseu-re-gi
MRMR
कचरा
kach-rah
MSBahasa Melayu
sisa
see-sah
MYမြန်မာ
စွမ်း
swo-ng
NLNederlands
vuil
vui-l
NONorsk
skitt
skitt
PAPA
ਕੂੜਾ
koo-raa
PLPolski
brud
brud
PTPortuguês
lixo
lee-sho
RORomână
mizerie
me-ze-ree-e
RUРусский
грязь
gryaz'
SVSvenska
skräp
shrehp
SWKiswahili
majibu
ma-jee-boo
TAதமிழ்
வீணு
vee-noo
TEతెలుగు
నరి
na-ree
THไทย
ขยะ
kya
TLTL
basura
bah-soo-rah
TRTürkçe
çöp
chöp
UKУкраїнська
бруд
brood
URاردو
کچرہ
kach-ra
VITiếng Việt
rác
rahk
YOYO
ẹ̀bọ̀
eh-boh
ZH中文
脏东西
zāng dōngxi
ZUZU
isigqila
ee-see-ghee-lah

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