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German
Etymology
From Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic *þrukkijan. Closely cognate with German drucken (“to print”): drucken was originally the southern form, drücken was historically North German.
Pronunciation
Verb
drücken (weak, third-person singular present drückt, past tense drückte, past participle gedrückt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to press; to push (e.g., a door handle)
Drück diesen Knopf nicht!- Don't press that button!
- (transitive) to squeeze; to hug (somebody)
Sie drückte liebevoll meine Hand.- She squeezed my hand affectionately.
Richten Sie die Waffe und drücken Sie den Abzug.- Aim the gun and pull the trigger.
- (reflexive, with vor + dative) to shirk; to avoid (work or responsibility)
Er hat sich in letzter Zeit vor seinen Aufgaben gedrückt.- He's been shirking his chores lately.
- (slang, intransitive, transitive) to shoot (to inject a drug)
- Synonym: fixen
1978, Horst Rieck, Christiane F., Kai Hermann, Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo [Zoo Station: The Story of Christiane F.], →ISBN:Alle waren sich einig daß das eine Scheißdroge sei, daß man sich auch gleich eine Kugel in den Kopf schießen könne, wenn man mit H anfinge. Ich sagte: »Das müssen doch Vollidioten sein, die drücken.«- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
drücken (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
drücken (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “to pull”): ziehen
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
Further reading
- “drücken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “drücken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “drücken” in Duden online
- “drücken” in OpenThesaurus.de