# die Drüse

die Drüse is a German noun meaning “gland”. Forms: der Drüse, die Drüsen.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Drüse
- Plural: die Drüsen

## In other languages

- Русский: анат. железа
- Українська: залоза

## Meanings

1. gland
2. _archaic_ swelling, boil
   - 1912, Martin Luther, Lutherbibel von 1912, 2 Kings 20:7 (with KJV translation) — And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

## Examples

- Die Schilddrüse ist eine endokrine Drüse. — The thyroid is an endocrine gland.

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