dran
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dran
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dran
- Alternative form of daran
- (in the phrase dran sein) to be in a particular condition
- Sie ist wirklich schlecht dran.
- She is really badly off.
- (in the phrase an (etwas) dran sein) to be (possibly) true
- „Was hältst Du von den Gerüchten?“ — „Ich denke, an denen ist etwas dran.“
- "What do you make of the rumours?" — "I think there might be something to them."
- (slang, in the phrase dran sein) to get it, to suffer consequences, punishment or retaliation
- Jetzt bist du dran!
- Now you're gonna get it!
- (in the phrase dran sein) to be somebody's turn (in a game, to do household chores, etc.)
- Du bist dran!
- It's your turn!
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Leipon edit
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dran
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Luxembourgish edit
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dran
- Alternative form of doran (“therein”)
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dran
References edit
- Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *drēhaną.
Verb edit
drān
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This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading edit
- “dran”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *drānu (“drone”).
Cognate with Old Saxon drān (Low German drōne), Old High German treno (dialectal German Dräne).
Pronunciation edit
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drān f
- male bee, drone
Declension edit
Declension of dran (strong ō-stem)