derb

Meaning

1. rough, coarse, rude
2. sturdy, tough
3. pertaining to a manner of intercourse that is wittingly aggressive, purposefully unrefined – cocky, cheeky, flippant, brazen

Concepts

coarse

rough

crude

flat

sturdy

harsh

uncouth

unrefined

unworked

unwrought

vulgar

raw

ribald

robust

crass

blunt

boorish

rough

bawdy

earthly

earthy

indecent

rude

rural

rustic

solid

stout

tough

wild

agrarian

Synonyms

grob

plump

roh

rau

ungeschlacht

schwerfällig

barsch

anstößig

schlüpfrig

ungehobelt

vulgär

rüde

ungehörig

rauh

frivol

obszön

unsanft

harsch

schmutzig

deftig

unglimpflich

geschmacklos

unzüchtig

anrüchig

zweideutig

unter der Gürtellinie

zotig

unflätig

lasziv

schmierig

nicht salonfähig

hart

schweinisch

heikel

taktlos

flegelhaft

anzüglich

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raubeinig

nassforsch

in Wildwest-Manier

uncharmant

wie die Axt im Walde

rauborstig

grobklotzig

raubauzig

grobschlächtig

wenig galant

hantig

nicht stubenrein

schamverletzend

abweisend

gschert

brüsk

dreckig

forsch

gehässig

gemein

gewaltsam

gröblich

heftig

kräftig

kurz angebunden

Land

ländlich

primitiv

robust

rotzig

rüpelhaft

ruppig

schroff

stark

stürmisch

unanständig

unfreundlich

ungalant

ungebührlich

ungeschliffen

ungestüm

unhöflich

unruhig

unschicklich

unwirsch

unziemlich

unzivilisiert

wild

pampig

rustikal

ausfallend

ausfällig

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɛʁp/

Etymology

From a Low German merger of two unrelated adjectives: (1.) Old Saxon therbi (“unleavened”), from Proto-Germanic *þerbaz;
and (2.) Old Saxon derbi (“coarse, warlike”). Both regularly collapsed in Middle Low German derve (“firm, bold”). Older High German had only the former of the two adjectives and lacked the other: Middle High German derp (“unleavened”), from Old High German derb (“unleavened”). The modern word is formally High German, but its semantic development has been determined by the Middle Low German one. (The original sense “unleavened” is last met with in the 18th century.)