trinken
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German trinken, from Old High German trinkan (attested since the 8th century), from Proto-West Germanic *drinkan.[1]
Germanic cognates with identical meaning include Old Saxon drinkan (and Low German drinken), Old Dutch drinkan (and Dutch drinken, Afrikaans drink), Old English drincan (and Modern English drink), Old Frisian drinka (and West Frisian drinke), Old Norse drekka (and Icelandic drekka, Faroese drekka, Norwegian drikke, Swedish dricka, Danish drikke), Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌽 (drigkan) and Vandalic drincan.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈtʁɪŋkən/, [ˈtʰʁ̥ɪŋʔŋ̩], [ˈtʰʁ̥ɪŋkŋ̩]
- IPA(key): /ˈtrɪŋkən/, [ˈtʰr̥ɪŋkən], [ˈtʰr̥ɪŋkŋ̩]
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- Hyphenation: trin‧ken
Verb edit
trinken (class 3 strong, third-person singular present trinkt, past tense trank, past participle getrunken, past subjunctive tränke, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to drink (to drink liquids (in bottles, glasses, etc.) by mouth)
- (intransitive) to drink, to imbibe (to consume alcoholic beverages)
- (intransitive) to drink; to toast (engage in a salutation (of someone), accompanying the raising of glasses while drinking alcohol)
- (reflexive) to drink one's fill; to drink to satiety
Conjugation edit
| infinitive | trinken | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | trinkend | ||||
| past participle | getrunken | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich trinke | wir trinken | i | ich trinke | wir trinken |
| du trinkst | ihr trinkt | du trinkest | ihr trinket | ||
| er trinkt | sie trinken | er trinke | sie trinken | ||
| preterite | ich trank | wir tranken | ii | ich tränke1 | wir tränken1 |
| du trankst | ihr trankt | du tränkest1 du tränkst1 |
ihr tränket1 ihr tränkt1 | ||
| er trank | sie tranken | er tränke1 | sie tränken1 | ||
| imperative | trink (du) trinke (du) |
trinkt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms edit
- antrinken
- austrinken
- betrinken
- ertrinken
- Getränk n
- Trank m
- tränken
- Trinken n
- Trinker m
- Trinkgeld n
- Trinkglas
- Trinkwasser n
- Trunk m
- Wasser predigen und Wein trinken
- über den Durst trinken
References edit
Further reading edit
Middle High German edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old High German trinkan. Cognate with English drink, Dutch drinken, Old Saxon drinkan.
Verb edit
trinken (class 3 strong, third-person singular present trinket, past tense trank, past participle getrunken, past subjunctive trünke, auxiliary hân)
- (transitive) to drink
- Er hât niht wol getrunken, der sich übertrinket. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (intransitive) to drink; to toast
Conjugation edit
| infinitive | trinken | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genitive gerund | trinkennes trinkenes | ||||
| dative gerund | trinkenne trinkene | ||||
| present participle | trinkende | ||||
| past participle | getrunken | ||||
| auxiliary | hân | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich trinke | wir trinken | i | ich trinke | wir trinken |
| du trinkest | ir trinket | du trinkest | ir trinket | ||
| ër trinket | sie trinkent | ër trinke | sie trinken | ||
| preterite | ich trank | wir trunken | ii | ich trünke | wir trünken |
| du trünke | ir trunket | du trünkest | ir trünket | ||
| ër trank | sie trunken | ër trünke | sie trünken | ||
| imperative | trink (du) | trinket (ir) | |||
Descendants edit
- Alemannic German: trinke
- Bavarian: trinkn, dringa
- Central Franconian: drenke, dronke, drönke; drinke, drinke
- Hunsrik: drinke
- German: trinken
- Luxembourgish: drénken
- Rhine Franconian:
- Pennsylvania German: drinke
- Vilamovian: trynkja
- Yiddish: טרינקען (trinken)
- → Middle French: trinquer
- French: trinquer
- → Galician: trincar
- → Italian: trincare
- → Sicilian: ntrincari
- → Spanish: trincar
- → Venetian: trincar, trincàr
References edit
- Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “trinken”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke[1], Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
Mòcheno edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German trinken, from Old High German trinkan, from Proto-West Germanic *drinkan, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”). Cognate with German trinken, English drink.
Verb edit
trinken
- to drink
References edit
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien