drinken

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪŋkən

Verb

drinken

1. (nonstandard, archaic) past participle of drink

   Has he eaten or drinken anything today?

Usage notes

The usual past participle of the verb to drink is drunk, which is found in the overwhelming majority of cases. The form "drinken" is an overregularization based on forms such as eat/eaten and beat/beaten. It is more common in spoken language than in written form.

Anagrams

• kendrin

Danish

Noun

drinken c

1. definite singular of drink

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdriŋkə(n)/, /ˈdrɪŋkə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: drin‧ken
• Rhymes: -ɪŋkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch drinken, from Old Dutch drincan, from Proto-West Germanic *drinkan, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną.

Verb

drinken

1. (transitive, intransitive) to drink, consume a liquid
2. (intransitive) to be an alcoholic.

Inflection

Conjugation of drinken (strong class 3a)
infinitive	drinken
past singular	dronk
past participle	gedronken
infinitive	drinken
gerund	drinken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	drink	dronk
2nd person sing. (jij)	drinkt	dronk
2nd person sing. (u)	drinkt	dronk
2nd person sing. (gij)	drinkt	dronkt
3rd person singular	drinkt	dronk
plural	drinken	dronken
subjunctive sing.1	drinke	dronke
subjunctive plur.1	drinken	dronken
imperative sing.	drink
imperative plur.1	drinkt
participles	drinkend	gedronken
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• aandrinken
• afdrinken
• bedrinken
• comadrinken
• dooddrinken
• doordrinken
• drinkbaar
• drinkebroer
• drinker
• drinkfontein
• drinkgelag
• drinkgeld
• drinkrietje
• drinkwater
• indrinken
• koffiedrinken
• leegdrinken
• nadrinken
• omdrinken
• opdrinken
• uitdrinken
• verdrinken
• wegdrinken

 

Related terms

• drank
• drink
• dronk
• dronken

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: drink
• Berbice Creole Dutch: dronggi
• Negerhollands: drink, dring, drin
• → Aukan: dingii

Etymology 2

Gerund of the verb drinken.

Noun

drinken n (uncountable)

1. drink, beverage

   Synonym: drank

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German drinken.

Verb

drinken (third-person singular simple present drinkt, past tense drunk, past participle drunken, auxiliary verb hebben)
drinken (third-person singular simple present drinkt, past tense drünk, past participle drunken, auxiliary verb hewwen)

1. to drink

Conjugation

Conjugation of drinken (strong class 3)

infinitive	drinken
indicative	present	preterite
1st person singular	drink	drunk
2nd person singular	drinks(t)	drunks(t)
3rd person singular	drink(t)	drunk
plural	drinkt, drinken	drunken
imperative	present	—
singular	drink
plural	drinkt
participle	present	past
	drinken	(e)drunken, gedrunken
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Related terms

• Drinkel
• drunken
• bedrunken
• Gedränk

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch drincan, from Proto-West Germanic *drinkan.

Verb

drinken

1. to drink

Inflection

Strong class 3
Infinitive	drinken
3rd sg. past	dranc
3rd pl. past	dronken
Past participle	gedronken
Infinitive	drinken
In genitive	drinkens
In dative	drinkene
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	drinke	dranc
2nd singular	drincs, drinkes	droncs, dronkes
3rd singular	drinct, drinket	dranc
1st plural	drinken	dronken
2nd plural	drinct, drinket	dronct, dronket
3rd plural	drinken	dronken
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	drinke	dronke
2nd singular	drincs, drinkes	dronkes
3rd singular	drinke	dronke
1st plural	drinken	dronken
2nd plural	drinct, drinket	dronket
3rd plural	drinken	dronken
Imperative	Present
Singular	drinc, drinke
Plural	drinct, drinket
	Present	Past
Participle	drinkende	gedronken

Descendants

• Dutch: drinken
  • Afrikaans: drink
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: dronggi
  • Negerhollands: drink, dring, drin
  • → Aukan: dingii
• Limburgish: drinke

Further reading

• “drinken (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “drinken (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Middle English

Alternative forms

• drynken

Etymology

From Old English drincan, from Proto-West Germanic *drinkan, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną.

Verb

drinken

1. to drink

Conjugation

Conjugation of drinken (strong class 3)

infinitive	(to) drinken, drinke
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	drinke	drank
2nd-person singular	drinkest	drunke, drank
3rd-person singular	drinketh	drank
subjunctive singular	drinke	drunke1
imperative singular		—
plural2	drinken, drinke	drunken, drunke
imperative plural	drinketh, drinke	—
participles	drinkynge, drinkende	drunken, drunke, ydrunken, ydrunke

¹Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
²Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: drink (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: drink
• Yola: drink

References

• “drinken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

See also

• wyn

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon drinkan (“to drink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drɪŋkən/

Verb

drinken

1. to drink

Conjugation

Conjugation of drinken as a class 3a strong verb

Plain Infinitive	drinken
Full Infinitive (Gerund)	tô drinkene or tô drinkende
Verbal Noun	drinken or drinkent
Participles			Imperatives
Present	drinkende		2nd Person Singular	drink
Past	gedrunken		2nd Person Plural	drinket
	Indicative		Subjunctive
	Present	Preterite	Present	Preterite
1st Person Singular	drinke	drank	drinke	drünke
2nd Person Singular	drinkest or drinkst	drunkest or drünkest	drinkest	drünkest
3rd Person Singular	drinket or drinkt	drank	drinket	drünke
Plural	drinken (drinket?)	drunken or drünken	drinken	drünken

Descendants

• Low German: drinken

Swedish

Noun

drinken

1. definite singular of drink