German edit

Etymology edit

From northern Middle High German trǖge, drǖge, from Proto-Germanic *drūgiz. The form remains dialectally in East Central German treiche and further in Central Franconian drüch, Limburgish druug. Probably cognate with English dry.

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Adjective edit

treuge (strong nominative masculine singular treuger, comparative treuger, superlative am treugsten)

  1. (eastern Germany, now dialectal, otherwise obsolete) Synonym of trocken (dry) [in standard prose until 18th c.]

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