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German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʁɛŋkən/, , ,
- Hyphenation: trän‧ken
Etymology 1
From Middle High German and Old High German trenken, from Proto-West Germanic *drankijan (“to cause to drink”). Cognate with Dutch drenken, English drench.
Verb
tränken (weak, third-person singular present tränkt, past tense tränkte, past participle getränkt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to water (provide animals with water)
Die Einwohner tränken ihr Vieh bis heute an natürlichen Wasserlöchern.- The inhabitants water their livestock at natural waterholes to this day.
- (transitive, archaic or poetic) to give (a person) drink
- Synonym: zu trinken geben
- (transitive) to soak, drench, saturate (something absorbent in a liquid)
Die Kleider der Opfer waren mit Blut getränkt.- The victims’ clothes were soaked in blood.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
tränken (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
tränken (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
tränken
- first/third-person plural subjunctive II of trinken
Further reading
- “tränken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “tränken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “tränken” in Duden online
- “tränken” in OpenThesaurus.de