From Middle High German trinken, from Old High German trinkan (attested since the 8th century), from Proto-West Germanic *drinkan.[1]
Germanic cognates with identical meaning include Old Saxon drinkan (and Low German drinken), Old Dutch drinkan (and Dutch drinken, Afrikaans drink), Old English drincan (and Modern English drink), Old Frisian drinka (and West Frisian drinke), Old Norse drekka (and Icelandic drekka, Faroese drekka, Norwegian drikke, Swedish dricka, Danish drikke), Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌽 (drigkan) and Vandalic drincan.
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trinken (class 3 strong, third-person singular present trinkt, past tense trank, past participle getrunken, past subjunctive tränke, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | trinken | ||||
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present participle | trinkend | ||||
past participle | getrunken | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich trinke | wir trinken | i | ich trinke | wir trinken |
du trinkst | ihr trinkt | du trinkest | ihr trinket | ||
er trinkt | sie trinken | er trinke | sie trinken | ||
preterite | ich trank | wir tranken | ii | ich tränke1 | wir tränken1 |
du trankst | ihr trankt | du tränkest1 du tränkst1 |
ihr tränket1 ihr tränkt1 | ||
er trank | sie tranken | er tränke1 | sie tränken1 | ||
imperative | trink (du) trinke (du) |
trinkt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Inherited from Old High German trinkan. Cognate with English drink, Dutch drinken, Old Saxon drinkan.
trinken (class 3 strong, third-person singular present trinket, past tense trank, past participle getrunken, past subjunctive trünke, auxiliary hān)
infinitive | trinken | ||||
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genitive gerund | trinkennes trinkenes | ||||
dative gerund | trinkenne trinkene | ||||
present participle | trinkende | ||||
past participle | getrunken | ||||
auxiliary | hān | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich trinke | wir trinken | i | ich trinke | wir trinken |
du trinkest | ir trinket | du trinkest | ir trinket | ||
ër trinket | sie trinkent | ër trinke | sie trinken | ||
preterite | ich trank | wir trunken | ii | ich trünke | wir trünken |
du trünke | ir trunket | du trünkest | ir trünket | ||
ër trank | sie trunken | ër trünke | sie trünken | ||
imperative | trink (du) | trinket (ir) |
From Middle High German trinken, from Old High German trinkan, from Proto-West Germanic *drinkan, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”). Cognate with German trinken, English drink.
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