druk

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drʌk/

  • 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. (physics) pressure
2. edition (e.g. of a book)

Derived terms

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

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. first-person singular present indicative of drukken
2. imperative of drukken

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Druck.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /druk/

• Audio

  (file)

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

Noun

druk m inan

1. printing (the process of printing)

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

2. print (the 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
nominative	druk
genitive	druku
dative	drukowi
accusative	druk
instrumental	drukiem
locative	druku
vocative	druku

Derived terms

noun

• błędnodruk

 

Further reading

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