Driet
Limburgish edit
Alternative forms edit
- driet (Veldeke spelling)
- Driit (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, Eupen spelling)
- Dritt (alternative German-based spelling)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *dritą, from *drītaną (whence also driete (“to defecate”)). Compare Central Franconian Dress, German Driss, English dirt.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Driet m (plural Driete) (German-based spelling)
- (uncountable) human excrement
- (some dialects, uncountable) diarrhea
- (vulgar, colloquial, uncountable) nonsense, bullshit
- Hä kallt ömmer Driet.
- He always talks nonsense.
- (vulgar, colloquial, countable) coward, weak person