Droge
German, noun
Droge is spelled D-R-O-G-E (5 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written German, the 11,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Droge is a German feminine noun meaning “drug (psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, dröge is a different word: “dry”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Substanz biologischen Ursprungs, die eine heilende Wirkung auf den Körper hat”.
What does Droge mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininedrug (psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal)
- 2
femininedrug (substance used to treat an illness)
adjective
- 1
dry
- 2
dull; boring; humdrum (of activities and people)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Substanz biologischen Ursprungs, die eine heilende Wirkung auf den Körper hat 2. Stoff, der den Konsumenten psychisch sehr stark beeinflusst (anregt, dämpft, berauscht) 3. etwas, von dem man abhängig ist, das einen berauscht
adjective: 1. trocken 2. langweilig, uninteressant
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 Droge
- Drogen plural
- dröger masculine nominative singular
- am drögesten superlative
- am drögsten superlative
- dröges neuter nominative singular
- drögen genitive masculine singular
- drögem dative masculine singular
- der dröge definite includes-article masculine
- die dröge definite feminine includes-article
- das dröge definite includes-article neuter
- die drögen definite includes-article nominative
- des drögen definite genitive includes-article
- der drögen definite feminine genitive
- dem drögen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Droge
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Droge in German?
Droge appears 5.6 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).