drenke
Central Franconian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German drinken, from Old High German *drinkan, northern variant of trinkan.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
drenke (third-person singular present drenk or drenkt, past tense dronk, past participle jedronke or gedronke or gedronk)
- (most dialects) to drink
- Jetz drenke mer us iersch ens eent on dann kanns de mer deng Neuigkeete verzälle.
- We’ll drink one first of all, and then you can tell me your news.
Usage notes edit
- The past tense does not exist in all dialects of Moselle Franconian.
- Otherwise the forms drenk; jedronke are Ripuarian, while drenkt; gedronk(e) are Moselle Franconian.
- A reflexive dative following the verb (like us in the example sentence above) expresses “to drink with ease, coziness”.
Dutch edit
Verb edit
drenke
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
Compare German tränken, Dutch drenken, English drench.
Verb edit
drenke