træffe

Danish edit

Etymology edit

From German treffen (“to meet, hit”). Cognate with Danish dræbe (“to kill”). The German word was also borrowed into Norwegian Bokmål treffe and Swedish träffa.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈtˢʁ̥afə], [ˈtˢʁ̥ɑfə]

Verb edit

træffe (present træffer, past traf, past participle n truffet, c truffen, definite or plural trufne)

(transitive) to meet, hook up
to hit
Pilen traf hende i knæet.
The arrow hit her in the knee.
(passive voice, intransitive) meet, see træffes

Conjugation edit

Inflection of træffe

	present	past
simple	træffer	traf
perfect	har truffet	havde truffet
passive	træffes	trafs
participle	træffende	truffet
imperative	træf	—
infinitive	træffe	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	træffen	—

References edit

“træffe” in Den Danske Ordbog

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