Driet

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Limburgish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *dritą, from *drītaną (whence also driete (to defecate)). Compare Central Franconian Dress, German Driss, English dirt.

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Noun[edit]

Driet m (plural Driete) (German-based spelling)

  1. (uncountable) human excrement
  2. (some dialects, uncountable) diarrhea
  3. (vulgar, colloquial, uncountable) nonsense, bullshit
    Hä kallt ömmer Driet.
    He always talks nonsense.
  4. (vulgar, colloquial, countable) coward, weak person