Definition
Material or residue that leaves a place or object unclean.
Translations
- English
- dirt
- Français
- saleté
- Türkçe
- kir
- Polski
- brud
- Русский
- грязь
- Українська
- бруд
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Dreck
- B1
- Noun
- Home & Household
- Services & Everyday Tasks
dirt
/deːɐ̯ ˈdʁɛk/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- —
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Home & HouseholdPrimaryServices & Everyday Tasks
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Nach der Arbeit war seine Kleidung voller Dreck.NominativSing.After work, his clothes were covered in dirt.
- Den Dreck auf dem Boden konnte man nur schwer entfernen.AkkusativSing.The dirt on the floor was difficult to remove.
- Sie ekelte sich vor dem Dreck im Badezimmer.DativSing.She was disgusted by the dirt in the bathroom.
- Die Farbe des Drecks auf der Fassade war dunkel.GenitivSing.The color of the dirt on the facade was dark.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Dreck/dʁɛk/
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Article phrase
der Dreck/deːɐ̯ ˈdʁɛk/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Dreck | — |
| Akkusativ | den Dreck | — |
| Dativ | dem Dreck | — |
| Genitiv | des Drecks | — |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- CollocationDreck wegmachen
- Verb constructionden Dreck entfernen + Akkusativ
- Sentence patternDer Dreck klebt an den Schuhen.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymSchmutz
Schmutz is the more general and usually more neutral term; Dreck often sounds coarser and refers particularly to visible or coarse uncleanliness.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word
„Dreck“ is a synchronically simple noun with no productively recognizable derivation or compounding.