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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German packen, from Proto-West Germanic *pakkō, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô (“bundle, pack”). Cognate with German Low German packen, Dutch pakken, Saterland Frisian pakje, West Frisian pakke, English pack.
Pronunciation
Verb
packen (weak, third-person singular present packt, past tense packte, past participle gepackt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive or intransitive) to pack (luggage, a bundle, etc.); to get packed
- Du musst deine Sachen packen. ― You need to pack your stuff.
- Du musst packen. ― You need to get packed.
- (transitive) to grab, to grip, to take
- Er packte mich am Arm. ― He grabbed me by the arm.
- (informal, transitive) to manage, to stand, to cope
- Ich pack das alles nich’... ― I can’t manage all of this...
- Wir packen das. ― We've got this covered.
- (slang, transitive) to take (a bus, train, etc.)
- Lass den Bus packen! ― Let’s take the bus!
- (regional or dated, reflexive) to beat it
- Pack dich! ― Beat it!
Conjugation
Conjugation of
packen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
packen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “packen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “packen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “packen” in Duden online
- “packen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From pac + -en.
Verb
packen
- to pack
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
Swedish
Noun
packen
- definite singular of packe