druk

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɹʌk/

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ʌk

Noun

druk (plural druks)

1. (chiefly attributive) A kind of spherical Czech glass bead used in crafting.
   • 1997, Martha Stewart, Christmas with Martha Stewart living: Decorating for the holidays:

     They come in such varied styles and colors, you can fashion anything, from beaded eggs tightly cocooned in strands of glittering rocailles to snowflakes that artfully blend tiny tri-cut beads with bugle beads and druks.

Anagrams

• Kurd

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drœk/

Etymology 1

From Dutch drukken.

Verb

druk (present druk, present participle drukkende, past participle gedruk)

1. to press, print

Etymology 2

From Dutch druk.

Adjective

druk (attributive drukke, comparative drukker, superlative drukste)

1. busy, hectic

Noun

druk (plural drukke, diminutive drukkie)

1. pressure
2. printing, edition (of a book)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drʏk/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: druk
• Rhymes: -ʏk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch druc. Equivalent to a deverbal from drukken. Cognate with German Druck.

Noun

druk m (plural drukken, diminutive drukje n)

1. pressure

   Ik presteer het best onder druk.

   I perform the best under pressure.

2. (physics) pressure

   De druk in deze kamer is te laag. ― The pressure in this room is too low.

   Met toenemende diepte neemt de druk in de oceaan toe. ― With increasing depth, the pressure in the ocean increases.

   De druk van het gas in de cilinder is constant. ― The pressure of the gas in the cylinder is constant.

3. edition, printing (of a publication)

   De tweede druk van het boek bevatte enkele correcties. ― The second edition of the book contained some corrections.

   Ik heb de eerste druk van die roman. ― I have the first printing of that novel.

   Deze druk is uitverkocht, maar we verwachten snel een nieuwe. ― This edition is sold out, but we expect a new one soon.

Derived terms

• afdruk
• bloeddruk
• drukwerken
• indruk
• luchtdruk
• nadruk
• opdruk
• prestatiedruk
• werkdruk

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: druk
• Negerhollands: dryk

Adjective

druk (comparative drukker, superlative drukst)

1. busy, crowded, hectic (of a place)
2. busy, preoccupied (of a person)
3. restless, uneasy
4. gaudy, messy, restless

Inflection

Inflection of druk
uninflected	druk
inflected	drukke
comparative	drukker
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		druk	drukker	het drukst het drukste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	drukke	drukkere	drukste
	n. sing.	druk	drukker	drukste
	plural	drukke	drukkere	drukste
definite		drukke	drukkere	drukste
partitive		druks	drukkers	—

Derived terms

• drukte

Related terms

• drukken

Descendants

• Afrikaans: druk
• → Caribbean Javanese: dreg, drig
• → Papiamentu: drùk

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

druk

1. inflection of drukken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Druck.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /druk/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: druk
• Homophone: dróg

Noun

druk m inan

1. (printing) printing (process of printing)

   Te książki właśnie wyszły z druku. ― Those books have just come from printing.

2. (printing) print (letters forming the text of a document)

   Ten tekst napisany jest zbyt małym drukiem. ― The print in this text is too small.

Declension

Declension of druk

	singular	plural
nominative	druk	druki
genitive	druku	druków
dative	drukowi	drukom
accusative	druk	druki
instrumental	drukiem	drukami
locative	druku	drukach
vocative	druku	druki

Derived terms

nouns

• błędnodruk
• starodruk

 

Further reading

• druk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• druk in Polish dictionaries at PWN