Dry in German 🇩🇪

trocken info.

**Tips to remember the German word ‘trocken’:**
1. Visual association: Imagine a dry wine bottle labeled “Trocken,” depicting its dryness.
2. Sound similarity: “Trocken” sounds a bit like “trucking” in English. Imagine a truck driving through a dry desert to remember “trocken” means “dry.”
3. Word linkage: “Trocken” has similar roots to the English word “drought,” helping you recall the meaning.

**Explanations:**
– ‘Trocken’ is the German adjective for the English adjective ‘dry.’
– It is used in the same contexts as in English when describing a lack of moisture.

**Other words that mean the same thing:**
– ‘Dürr’ often refers to dry in the context of vegetation or the drought effects on plants.
– ‘Austrocknen’ is the verb form meaning ‘to dry out.’
– ‘Ausgedörrt’ means ‘dried up,’ commonly used to describe arid conditions.

**Alternate meanings and slang:**
– In the context of wine, ‘trocken’ means ‘dry,’ referring to wines with low residual sugar content.
– ‘Trocken’ is occasionally used to describe sober or serious personalities in an informal context.

**Examples of sentences that use ‘trocken’:**
1. Das Klima hier ist sehr trocken. (The climate here is very dry.)
2. Ich mag trockenen Wein lieber als süßen. (I prefer dry wine over sweet.)
3. Das Brot ist ganz trocken geworden. (The bread has gone completely dry.)
4. Nach der Dusche habe ich mich mit einem trockenen Handtuch abgetrocknet. (After the shower, I dried myself off with a dry towel.)
5. Sein Humor ist ziemlich trocken. (His humor is quite dry.)

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