how to pronounce дрянь

/drʲænʲ/

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дрянь is pronounced in one syllable

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rʲ

nʲ

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An example use of дрянь in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… так или иначе какая-то дрянь такая есть …”

meanings of дрянь

noun:

Rubbish, trash.
Rotter, skunk, dirty dog.

дрянь frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word дрянь occurs in russian on average 2.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.