Masculine

Draht

Meaning

  1. (masculine, strong) wire (thread of metal; conductor)
  2. (masculine, obsolete, strong) thread

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

droot

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/dʁaːt/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German drāt (“wire, thread”), from Old High German drāt, thrāt, from Proto-West Germanic *þrādu, from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz, from Proto-Indo-European *treh₁-tu-, from *terh₁- (“rub, twist”). Related with drehen (“to turn, twist”), with which it was still associated in early modern German, as is proved by the insertion of the lengthening -h- (which is only used before sonorants or stem-finally). Cognate with Dutch draad, Low German Draat, English thread, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish tråd, Icelandic þráður.

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