træffe
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editVerb
edittræffe (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
editInflection of træffe
References
edit- “træffe” in Den Danske Ordbog
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