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Bavarian
Etymology
From Middle High German dræjen, dræhen, from Old High German drāen (akin to Old Saxon thrāian), from Proto-West Germanic *þrāan, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną. Cognate with German drehen, Dutch draaien and English throw.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd̥rɑːn/
- Hyphenation: drahn
Verb
drahn (past participle draht)
- (transitive) to turn
- (reflexive) to turn (one’s body), turn around
- (transitive) to roll, twist, make something revolve, rotate
- (reflexive) to revolve, rotate, spin
- (film, transitive or intransitive) to shoot
- (transitive, figuratively) to spin, manipulate (to influence something in a certain sense and/or one's favour)
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