trekken
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch trecken, from Old Dutch *trecken, from Proto-West Germanic *trakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *trakjaną (“to drag”).
Verb edit
trekken
- (transitive) to pull, to draw
- De os trekt de ploeg over de akker.
- The ox draws the plough across the field.
- Trek aan het koord als je hulp nodig hebt.
- Pull on the rope if you need help.
- Door twee punten kan een rechte lijn getrokken worden.
- Through two points a straight line can be drawn.
- (transitive) to manage, to have the strength for
- (intransitive) to migrate
- (intransitive, of drinks) to draw (to increase in flavour due to being left alone)
- (intransitive, Belgium) to photograph, take a picture
Inflection edit
| Inflection of trekken (strong class 3b) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | trekken | |||
| past singular | trok | |||
| past participle | getrokken | |||
| infinitive | trekken | |||
| gerund | trekken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | trek | trok | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | trekt | trok | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | trekt | trok | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | trekt | trokt | ||
| 3rd person singular | trekt | trok | ||
| plural | trekken | trokken | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | trekke | trokke | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | trekken | trokken | ||
| imperative sing. | trek | |||
| imperative plur.1 | trekt | |||
| participles | trekkend | getrokken | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- aantrekken
- achternatrekken
- achterovertrekken
- achteruittrekken
- aftrekken
- betrekken
- bijeentrekken
- bijtrekken
- binnentrekken
- bloottrekken
- boventrekken
- dichttrekken
- dooreentrekken
- doortrekken
- gelijktrekken
- getrekken
- hardtrekken
- heentrekken
- ineentrekken
- intrekken
- kapottrekken
- kromtrekken
- langstrekken
- leegtrekken
- lijsttrekker
- lostrekken
- meetrekken
- mistrekken
- natrekken
- nedertrekken
- neertrekken
- omhoogtrekken
- omlaagtrekken
- omtrek
- omtrekken
- omvertrekken
- ondertrekken
- onttrekken
- opentrekken
- optrekken
- opzijtrekken
- overtrekken
- plattrekken
- rechttrekken
- rondtrekken
- samentrekken
- schoontrekken
- stuktrekken
- tegentrekken
- terugtrekken
- toetrekken
- trekhaak
- trekker
- trekmier
- trekschuit
- trekvaart
- trekvogel
- uiteentrekken
- uittrekken
- vasttrekken
- verdertrekken
- vertrekken
- voltrekken
- voorbijtrekken
- voorovertrekken
- voortrekken
- voorttrekken
- vooruittrekken
- vrijtrekken
- wedertrekken
- weertrekken
- wegtrekken
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
trekken
Maltese edit
| Root |
|---|
| r-k-n |
| 3 terms |
Etymology edit
Probably inherited from Arabic تَرَكَّنَ (tarakkana, “to be calm, firm, inaccessible”), but influenced by related rokna (“corner”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
trekken (imperfect jitrekken)
Conjugation edit
| Conjugation of trekken | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | trekkint | trekkint | trekken | trekkinna | trekkintu | trekknu | |
| f | trekknet | |||||||
| imperfect | m | nitrekken | titrekken | jitrekken | nitrekknu | titrekknu | jitrekknu | |
| f | titrekken | |||||||
| imperative | trekken | trekknu | ||||||