different between brek vs drek

English

Etymology 1

Shortening.

Noun

brek (countable and uncountable, plural breks)

1. (informal) breakfast

Etymology 2

Verb

brek

1. Pronunciation spelling of break.

Anagrams

• Berk, berk, kerb

Czech

Alternative forms

• brekot

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?br?k]
• Hyphenation: brek

Noun

brek m inan

1. crying

Declension

Synonyms

• plá?, brekot, bek

Related terms

• bre?et

Further reading

• brek in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• brek in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Faroese

Noun

brek n (genitive singular breks, plural brek)

1. defect
2. disability
3. infirmity
4. hindrance
5. (computing) bug

Declension

Icelandic

Noun

brek n (genitive singular breks, nominative plural brek)

1. (uncountable) trickery
2. (countable) practical joke

Declension

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bre?k/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

brek n (definite singular breket, indefinite plural brek, definite plural breka)

1. a bleat

Verb

brek

1. imperative of breka

West Frisian

Etymology

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Noun

brek c (plural brekken, diminutive brekje)

1. break, fracture
2. fraction

Further reading

• “brek (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Noun

drek (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of dreck

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Dreck, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drek/

Noun

drek m

1. (archaic) shit
2. (figuratively) nothing

Declension

Further reading

• drek in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
• drek in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dr?k/
• Hyphenation: drek
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch drec, from Old Dutch *threkk, form Proto-West Germanic *þraki, from Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter?-, *(s)ter?-, *(s)tre?- (“manure, dung; to sully, soil, decay”). Compare English dreck, German Dreck (“dirt; filth”), Old Norse þrekkr, Swedish träck. Wider Indo-European cognates include Latin stercus (“dung, manure”).

Noun

drek m (uncountable)

1. dirt, filth

Derived terms

• drekpoëet

Etymology 2

From direct.

Adverb

drek

1. (dialectal) later, later today

   Synonym: straks

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Dreck, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drêk/

Noun

dr?k m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (dialectal) shit, crap
2. (dialectal) dreck

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from German Dreck, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dr??k/

Noun

dr?k m inan

1. (vulgar) shit

Inflection