drenken

See also: drénken

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch drenken, from Old Dutch drenken, from Proto-West Germanic *drankijan, from Proto-Germanic *drankijaną, causative of *drinkaną (modern drinken).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɛŋkə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: dren‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋkən

Verb

drenken

  1. (transitive) to drench, to soak

Conjugation

Conjugation of drenken (weak)
infinitive drenken
past singular drenkte
past participle gedrenkt
infinitive drenken
gerund drenken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular drenk drenkte
2nd person sing. (jij) drenkt, drenk2 drenkte
2nd person sing. (u) drenkt drenkte
2nd person sing. (gij) drenkt drenkte
3rd person singular drenkt drenkte
plural drenken drenkten
subjunctive sing.1 drenke drenkte
subjunctive plur.1 drenken drenkten
imperative sing. drenk
imperative plur.1 drenkt
participles drenkend gedrenkt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *drankijaną.

Verb

drenken

  1. to give drink to
  2. to drench, to drown

Inflection

Conjugation of drenken (weak class 1)
infinitive drenken
indicative present past
1st person singular drenco, drencon drenkida
2nd person singular drenkis drenkidos
3rd person singular drenkit drenkida
1st person plural drencun drenkidon
2nd person plural drenkit drenkidot
3rd person plural drencunt drenkidon
subjunctive present past
1st person singular drenke drenkidi
2nd person singular drenkis drenkidis
3rd person singular drenke drenkidi
1st person plural drenkin drenkidin
2nd person plural drenkit drenkidit
3rd person plural drenkin drenkidin
imperative present
singular drenki
plural drenkit
participle present past
drenkendi drenkit, gidrenkit

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: drenken

Further reading

  • “drenken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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