German edit

Etymology edit

18th century, from Low German treideln, alteration of Middle Low German treilen, from Middle Dutch treilen, from Old French trailler, derived from the noun traille, from Latin tragula.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʁaɪ̯dəln/, [ˈtʁaɪ̯dl̩n]
  • Hyphenation: trei‧deln
  • (file)

Verb edit

treideln (weak, third-person singular present treidelt, past tense treidelte, past participle getreidelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to tow a ship or boat along a river or canal (usually by means of horses)

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Further reading edit

  • treideln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • treideln” in Duden online
  • treideln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Gustav Goedel (1902) “treideln”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Seemannssprache (in German), Kiel und Leipzig: Lipsius & Tischer, page 487