drinken

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English

Pronunciation

Verb

drinken

  1. (nonstandard, archaic) past participle of drink
    Has he eaten or drinken anything today?

Usage notes

The usual past participle of the verb to drink is drunk, which is found in the overwhelming majority of cases. The form "drinken" is an overregularization based on forms such as eat/eaten and beat/beaten. It is more common in spoken language than in written form.

Anagrams

Danish

Pronunciation

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Noun

drinken c

  1. definite singular of drink

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdriŋkə(n)/, /ˈdrɪŋkə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: drin‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch drinken, from Old Dutch drincan, from Proto-West Germanic *drinkan, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną.

Verb

drinken

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to drink, consume a liquid
  2. (intransitive) to be an alcoholic.
Inflection
Inflection of drinken (strong class 3a)
infinitive drinken
past singular dronk
past participle gedronken
infinitive drinken
gerund drinken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular drink dronk
2nd person sing. (jij) drinkt dronk
2nd person sing. (u) drinkt dronk
2nd person sing. (gij) drinkt dronkt
3rd person singular drinkt dronk
plural drinken dronken
subjunctive sing.1 drinke dronke
subjunctive plur.1 drinken dronken
imperative sing. drink
imperative plur.1 drinkt
participles drinkend gedronken
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: drink
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: dronggi
  • Negerhollands: drink, dring, drin
  • → Aukan: dingii

Etymology 2

Gerund of the verb drinken.

Noun

drinken n (uncountable)

  1. drink, beverage
    Synonym: drank

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German drinken.

Verb

drinken (third-person singular simple present drinkt, past tense drunk, past participle drunken, auxiliary verb hebben)
drinken (third-person singular simple present drinkt, past tense drünk, past participle drunken, auxiliary verb hewwen)

  1. to drink

Conjugation

Conjugation of drinken (strong class 3)
infinitive drinken
indicative present preterite
1st person singular drink drunk
2nd person singular drinks(t) drunks(t)
3rd person singular drink(t) drunk
plural drinkt, drinken drunken
imperative present —
singular drink
plural drinkt
participle present past
drinken (e)drunken, gedrunken
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Related terms

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch drincan, from Proto-West Germanic *drinkan.

Verb

drinken

  1. to drink

Inflection

Strong class 3
Infinitive drinken
3rd sg. past dranc
3rd pl. past dronken
Past participle gedronken
Infinitive drinken
In genitive drinkens
In dative drinkene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular drinke dranc
2nd singular drincs, drinkes droncs, dronkes
3rd singular drinct, drinket dranc
1st plural drinken dronken
2nd plural drinct, drinket dronct, dronket
3rd plural drinken dronken
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular drinke dronke
2nd singular drincs, drinkes dronkes
3rd singular drinke dronke
1st plural drinken dronken
2nd plural drinct, drinket dronket
3rd plural drinken dronken
Imperative Present
Singular drinc, drinke
Plural drinct, drinket
Present Past
Participle drinkende gedronken

Descendants

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English drincan, from Proto-West Germanic *drinkan, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną.

Verb

drinken

  1. to drink

Conjugation

Conjugation of drinken (strong class 3)
infinitive (to) drinken, drinke
present tense past tense
1st-person singular drinke drank
2nd-person singular drinkest drunke, drank
3rd-person singular drinketh drank
subjunctive singular drinke drunke1
imperative singular —
plural2 drinken, drinke drunken, drunke
imperative plural drinketh, drinke —
participles drinkynge, drinkende drunken, drunke, ydrunken, ydrunke

1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: drink (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: drink
  • Yola: drink

References

See also

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon drinkan (“to drink”).

Pronunciation

Verb

drinken

  1. to drink

Conjugation

Conjugation of drinken as a class 3a strong verb
Plain Infinitive drinken
Full Infinitive (Gerund) tô drinkene or tô drinkende
Verbal Noun drinken or drinkent
Participles Imperatives
Present drinkende 2nd Person Singular drink
Past gedrunken 2nd Person Plural drinket
Indicative Subjunctive
Present Preterite Present Preterite
1st Person Singular drinke drank drinke drünke
2nd Person Singular drinkest or drinkst drunkest or drünkest drinkest drünkest
3rd Person Singular drinket or drinkt drank drinket drünke
Plural drinken (drinket?) drunken or drünken drinken drünken

Descendants

Swedish

Noun

drinken

  1. definite singular of drink
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