traan

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch traan, from Middle Dutch trâen, from Old Dutch trān, from Proto-Germanic *trahnuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɑːn/

Noun

traan (plural trane, diminutive traantjie)

1. tear, teardrop

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /traːn/

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• Hyphenation: traan
• Rhymes: -aːn

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch trâen, from Old Dutch trān, from Proto-Germanic *trahnuz. Cognate with German Träne (“tear”) and Tran (“fish oil”).

Noun

traan m or f (plural tranen, diminutive traantje n)

1. tear (in the eye)

Derived terms

• tranen
• traanvocht

Descendants

• Afrikaans: traan
• Negerhollands: traan

Noun

traan m or f (uncountable)

1. fish oil

Derived terms

• levertraan
• traanolie
• walvistraan

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

traan

1. inflection of tranen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative