draat

See also: dra åt

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German drāt, from Old High German drāt, from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz (“thread”). Cognate with German Draht, English thread.

Noun

draat m

1. (Sette Comuni) string, thread

   Dar suustar nützet in draat so blikhan au de suughe.

   The shoemaker used thread to sew the shoes.

Synonyms

• baadom

References

• “draat” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo