dreck

Betekenis (Engels)

Trash; worthless merchandise.

Synoniemen

junk

schlock

shlock

tat

trash

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/d͡ʒɹɛk/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Cimbrian: drèkh

Verwant aan Nederlands: drek

Verwant aan Duits: Dreck

Verwant aan Latijn: stercus

In summary

From Yiddish דרעק (drek, “dirt, crap”), from Middle High German drek, from Old High German *threc (in mūsthrec), from Proto-West Germanic *þraki, from Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terǵ-, *(s)terḱ-, *(s)treḱ- (“manure, dung; to sully, soil, decay”). Compare Cimbrian drèkh (“excrement, manure”), Dutch drek (“dung; semi-liquid filth; mud”), German Dreck (“dirt; filth”), Latin stercus (“dung, manure”).