dröge

Meaning

1. (Northern-Germany, regional) dry
2. (Northern-Germany, figuratively, regional) dull; boring; humdrum (of activities and people)

Concepts

boring

dry

humdrum

irksome

tedious

tiresome

wearisome

ho-hum

operose

cookie-cutter

snoozy

bothersome

Synonyms

langweilig

trist

trocken

monoton

eintönig

fade

farblos

geisttötend

gleichförmig

langatmig

nüchtern

öde

phantasielos

prosaisch

reizlos

schnöde

stupid

stupide

trostlos

schal

leidig

öd

amusisch

abgestumpft

grau in grau

dürftig

einförmig

ermüdend

fad

Translations

aburrido

tediós

ennuyeux

soporifique

laborieuse

fastidieuse

monotone

κουραστικός

sec

fatigant

ennuyant

fastidieux

embétant

κοπιαστικός

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdrøːɡə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German: drȫge

Cognate with Luxembourgish: dréchen

Cognate with Dutch: droog

In summary

Borrowed from Middle Low German drȫge (“dry”), from Old Saxon *drōgi, from Proto-Germanic *draugiz.
Also a Central German form; compare Ripuarian drüch, Luxembourgish dréchen (“dry”). Related to Upper German trocken and, in early modern German, used as a mere dialectal variant of it. In the contemporary sense reintroduced via German Low German (19th century). Cognate with dry and Dutch droog.