See also: drénken

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch drenken, from Old Dutch drenken, from Proto-West Germanic *drankijan, from Proto-Germanic *drankijaną, causative of *drinkaną (modern drinken).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɛŋkə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: dren‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋkən

Verb edit

drenken

  1. (transitive) to drench, to soak

Inflection edit

Conjugation of drenken (weak)
infinitive drenken
past singular drenkte
past participle gedrenkt
infinitive drenken
gerund drenken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular drenk drenkte
2nd person sing. (jij) drenkt drenkte
2nd person sing. (u) drenkt drenkte
2nd person sing. (gij) drenkt drenkte
3rd person singular drenkt drenkte
plural drenken drenkten
subjunctive sing.1 drenke drenkte
subjunctive plur.1 drenken drenkten
imperative sing. drenk
imperative plur.1 drenkt
participles drenkend gedrenkt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms edit

Old Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *drankijaną.

Verb edit

drenken

  1. to give drink to
  2. to drench, to drown

Inflection edit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants edit

  • Middle Dutch: drenken

Further reading edit

  • drenken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012