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German
Etymology
From Middle High German tranc, from Old High German tranc, from Proto-Germanic *drankiz (“drink; dose; potion”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrenǵ- (“to pull; draw; sip”); compare Dutch drank (“beverage, drink”), Hunsrik Drank.
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Noun
Trank m (strong, genitive Trankes or Tranks, plural Tränke, diminutive Tränkchen n or Tränklein n)
- a drink, generally mixed of several ingredients, and often for medical or magical effect; a potion
1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Vorspiel auf dem Theater”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil :Viel Irrthum und ein Fünkchen Wahrheit, / So wird der beste Trank gebraut, / Der alle Welt erquickt und auferbaut.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (higher register, archaic) any drink
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