dröge
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German drȫge (“dry”). 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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Low German (19th century). Cognate with dry and Dutch droog.
Pronunciation
Adjective
dröge (comparative dröger, superlative am drögsten or am drögesten)
- (regional, chiefly Northern Germany) dry
- (regional, chiefly Northern Germany) dull; boring; humdrum (of activities and people)