um den Dreh

German

Etymology

Literally, “around that turn”. Dreh is here probably used in the regional (East Central and Low German) sense “turn of a road, bend in a path”. Compare synonymous die Ecke (literally “that corner”).

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Adverb

um den Dreh

  1. (colloquial, usually postpositioned) about, roughly
    Das sind so dreißig um den Dreh.
    There are thirty of them or thereabouts.
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