dürr
German, adjective/dʏʁ/
dürr is a German adjective meaning “thin and brittle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “trocken”.
What does dürr mean in English?
adjective
- 1
thin and brittle
- 2
arid, barren
- 3
thin, scrawny, haggard
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. trocken 2. dünn, mager 3. knapp, dürftig, sehr kurz 4. (geistig) unfruchtbar
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 dürr
- dürrer masculine nominative singular
- am dürrsten superlative
- dürre feminine nominative singular
- dürres neuter nominative singular
- dürren genitive masculine singular
- dürrem dative masculine singular
- der dürre definite includes-article masculine
- die dürre definite feminine includes-article
- das dürre definite includes-article neuter
- die dürren definite includes-article nominative
- des dürren definite genitive includes-article
- der dürren definite feminine genitive
- dem dürren dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dürr?
- /dʏʁ/
- [dʏʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dürr
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dürr in German?
dürr appears 1.9 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).