Dreh

See also: dreh

East Central German

Noun

Dreh

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) area
  2. (Erzgebirgisch) time
    Im daare Dreh rim.
    Around that time.

Further reading

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 33:

German

Etymology

Deverbal from drehen, after Low German Dreih m (compare Dutch draai). Chiefly since the 19th century, earlier attestations are isolated. Widely displaced the earlier feminine Drehe. The sense “trick” is from Rotwelsch (thieves’ cant).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʁeː/
  • (file)

Noun

Dreh m (strong, genitive Drehs or Drehes, plural Drehs or Drehe)

  1. nomen vicis of drehen: a turn, spin, twist, a single rotation
    Synonym: Drehung (nomen actionis, thus also collectively for several rotations)
  2. (film) shooting, filming
  3. (informal) knack, trick

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Dreh” in Duden online
  • Dreh” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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