trekkja

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Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish trække, from Proto-Germanic *trakjaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

trekkja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative trekkti, supine trekkt)

  1. (of a clock or watch) to wind
    Synonym: draga upp
    trekkja klukku.
    To wind up a clock.
  2. (colloquial, e.g. of customers) to attract, to pull, to draw
    Synonym: laða að
  3. (impersonal) to be a draught
    Það trekkir.
    There is a draught.

Conjugation

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