| Drents | |
| Also Known As: | Dreins |
| Nativename: | Drèents |
| States: | Netherlands |
| Region: | Drenthe and a strip of Overijssel just south of Drenthe |
| Speakers: | 255,000 |
| Date: | 2009 |
| Ref: | e25 |
| Familycolor: | Indo-European |
| Fam2: | Germanic |
| Fam3: | West Germanic |
| Fam4: | North Sea Germanic |
| Fam5: | Low German |
| Fam6: | West Low German |
| Fam7: | Westphalian |
| Nation: | Netherlands (as part of Low Saxon) |
| Agency: | Provincial States of Drenthe (spelling) |
| Iso3: | drt |
| Glotto: | dren1238 |
| Glottorefname: | Drents |
| Map: | Drèents.png |
| Mapcaption: | Map showing the provinces of Drenthe (most of the area in green tones) and Overijssel (mostly grey; with small regions in dark green south of Drenthe) |
Drèents (also Dreins, Dreints, Drents, Drints; Dutch; Flemish: Drents) is a collective term for Westphalian dialects spoken in Drenthe, a province of the Netherlands. They are spoken by about half of the population of the province.
The dialects from the north and the east (see below: 'Noordenvelds' and 'Veenkoloniaals') are somehow more related to Gronings (a Northern Low Saxon dialect), the dialects from the south-west are 'Stellingwerfs', and the dialects in a few villages along the southern border with the Grafschaft Bentheim (Germany) are considered to be Sallaans (because they have an umlaut in the diminutives).
The Stichting Drentse Taol (Drèents Language Foundation) distinguishes seven main variants of Drèents within the province, based on the research done by G.H. Kocks, the main editor of the Woordenboek der Drentse Dialecten (Dictionary of the Drèents Dialects):
It also can be divided into Midden-Drents and Zuid-Drents.
| Emmen dialect: | We moet'n nie zo haast'n. | |
| Standard Dutch: | Wij hoeven ons niet zo te haasten. | |
| English: | We do not have to hurry. |
| Northern Drenthe: | ien | twei | dreei | vier | vief | zes | zeum | aacht | neegn | tien | |
| Southwest Drenthe: | iene | tweie | dreie | veere | vieve | zesse | zeum | achte | neegn | tiene | |
| Standard Dutch: | een | twee | drie | vier | vijf | zes | zeven | acht | negen | tien | |
| English: | one | two | three | four | five | six | seven | eight | nine | ten |
| Drenthe: | Ie kunt wel geliek hebb'n. | |
| Standard Dutch: | U heeft gelijk. | |
| English: | You must be right. |