trocken

German (Berlin)

/ˈtʁɔkən/

adj
Definitions
  • dry not wet, lacking water
  • (wine) dry not sweet
  • (person) dry abstinent after having had an alcohol problem
  • (joke) dry subtly humorous, and often mildly rude
  • dry dull, boring

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German trucken inherited from Old High German truckan inherited from Proto-Germanic *druknaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (strengthen, become hard solid, hard, become hard, be firm).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dʰerǵʰ-

Gloss

strengthen, become hard solid, hard, become hard, be firm

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Property

Kanji

硬

Emoji

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