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I wasn’t aware that „dreck“ is being used in English. TIL

• geenew 5y ago
  What other language(s) is that word used in? It's a moderately rare word in everyday spoken English.
  • Krustopolis 5y ago
    “Dreck” is a German word.
    • mdoms 5y ago
      I didn't know that! I got it from my mum who presumably got it from her British mum.
      • throwanem 5y ago
        It's traveled fairly broadly on account of having been adopted into Yiddish - I picked it up as a very young child from an issue of MAD Magazine, and was somewhat surprised to find the New Englander side of my family very familiar with it and only bemused at the happenstance of hearing it from a five-year-old.