drenke

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Central Franconian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German drinken, from Old High German *drinkan, northern variant of trinkan.

Pronunciation

Verb

drenke (third-person singular present drenk or drenkt, past tense dronk, past participle jedronke or gedronke or gedronk)

  1. (most dialects) to drink
    Jetz drenke mer us iersch ens eent on dann kanns de mer deng Neuigkeete verzälle.
    We’ll drink one first of all, and then you can tell me your news.

Usage notes

  • The past tense does not exist in all dialects of Moselle Franconian.
  • Otherwise the forms drenk; jedronke are Ripuarian, while drenkt; gedronk(e) are Moselle Franconian.
  • A reflexive dative following the verb (like us in the example sentence above) expresses “to drink with ease, coziness”.

Dutch

Verb

drenke

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of drenken

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German tränken, Dutch drenken, English drench.

Verb

drenke

  1. to water plants or animals
  2. to suckle