drikke

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Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Danish drikkæ, (Western) Old Norse drekka, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną, cognate with Swedish dricka, English drink, German trinken.

Verb

drikke (imperative drik, present drikker, past drak, past participle, n drukket, c drukken, definite or plural drukne)

  1. drink
  2. have (to partake of a drink)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Old Danish drickæ, from the verb.

Noun

drikke

  1. (rare) drink
    mad og drikke
    Food and drink

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

drikke c

  1. indefinite plural of drik

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse drykkja.

Noun

drikke n (indeclinable) (uncountable)

  1. drink (mass noun)
    mat og drikke - food and drink

Etymology 2

From Danish drikke, from Old Norse drekka (to drink), from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (to drink), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrenǵ- (to draw into one's mouth, sip, gulp), from *dʰreg- (to draw, glide).

Verb

drikke (imperative drikk, present tense drikker, passive drikkes, simple past drakk, past participle drukket, present participle drikkende)

  1. to drink
Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse drekka f, from the verb drekka.

Noun

drikke f (definite singular drikka, uncountable)

  1. drink (mass noun)
    mat og drikke - food and drink

Noun

drikke n (definite singular drikket, indefinite plural drikke, definite plural drikka)

  1. something to drink
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Verb

drikke (present tense drikk, past tense drakk, past participle drukke, passive infinitive drikkast, present participle drikkande, imperative drikk)

  1. e-infinitive form of drikka

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