Dreck
German, noun/dʁɛk/
Dreck is spelled D-R-E-C-K (5 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written German, the 4,114th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dreck is a German masculine noun meaning “dirt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schmutz, unerwünschte Substanz”.
What does Dreck mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedirt
- 2
masculinefilth
- 3
Austriamasculineexcrement, faeces
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Schmutz, unerwünschte Substanz 2. etwas, was als minderwertig, wertlos angesehen wird 3. Ausscheidungen des Verdauungssystems
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Dreck
- Dreckes genitive
- Drecks genitive
- Drecke dative singular
- Drekk obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dreck?
- /dʁɛk/
- [dʁɛk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Dreck
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dreck in German?
Dreck appears 19 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).