Dürre

See also: dürre and -durre

German

Etymology

From Middle High German dürre, from Old High German durrī, from Proto-West Germanic *þurʀī, from Proto-Germanic *þursuz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ters-. Equivalent to dürr (“dry”) +‎ -e (“-ness”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʏʁə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʏʁə
  • Hyphenation: Dür‧re

Noun

Dürre f (genitive Dürre, plural Dürren)

  1. drought, aridity

Declension

Declension of Dürre [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Dürre die Dürren
genitive einer der Dürre der Dürren
dative einer der Dürre den Dürren
accusative eine die Dürre die Dürren

Noun

Dürre f (adjectival, definite nominative die Dürre, genitive Dürrer, definite genitive der Dürren, plural Dürre, definite plural die Dürren)

  1. nominalized feminine of dürr: a scrawny woman
    Gott sprach zu Ahab: „Wenn du nicht ablässt von deinem bösen Tun, schicke ich dir eine lange Dürre!“ Darauf Ahab: „Nun, eine kleine Dicke wäre mir natürlich lieber...”
    God said to Ahab, "If you do not stop your evil deeds, I will send you a long drought!" Ahab replied, "Well, I would, of course, prefer a little fat one..." (a joke featuring the double-meaning of Dürre [meaning 1: drought, meaning 2: thin woman])

Further reading

  • “Dürre” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Dürre” in Duden online
  • “Dürre” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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