um den Dreh
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally, “around that turn”. Dreh is here probably used in the regional (East Central and Low German) sense “turn of a road, bend in a path”. Compare synonymous die Ecke (literally “that corner”).
Pronunciation[edit]
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Adverb[edit]
- (colloquial, usually postpositioned) about, roughly
- Das sind so dreißig um den Dreh.
- There are thirty of them or thereabouts.