drab

Meaning

1. (feminine, neuter, uncountable) sediment, dregs
2. (feminine, neuter, uncountable) goop, filth

Concepts

dregs

grounds

dreg

muck

sediment

sludge

lees

Synonyms

bezinksel

droesem

gespuis

modder

moer

👩‍🍼

dras

Translations

lie

Hefe

hez

púrria

solatge

vinassa

Abschaum

Satz

Sediment

κατακάθι

poso

deixalla

heces

llevat

pòsit

Pronounced as (IPA)

/drɑp/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: draf

Cognate with Low German: drabbe

Cognate with Dutch: drabbe

In summary

Uncertain, but probably related to Dutch draf (“dregs”) (from Proto-Germanic *drabaz). Compare Low German drabbe (“silt”).
First attested as Dutch drabbe (“sediment”) in 1599.