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)/
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  • Hyphenation: dren‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋkən

Verb

drenken

  1. (transitive) to drench, to soak

Inflection
Inflection of drenken (weak)
infinitive drenken
past singular drenkte
past participle gedrenkt
infinitive drenken
gerund drenken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular drenkdrenkte
2nd person sing. (jij) drenktdrenkte
2nd person sing. (u) drenktdrenkte
2nd person sing. (gij) drenktdrenkte
3rd person singular drenktdrenkte
plural drenkendrenkten
subjunctive sing.1 drenkedrenkte
subjunctive plur.1 drenkendrenkten
imperative sing. drenk
imperative plur.1 drenkt
participles drenkendgedrenkt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *drankijaną.

Verb

drenken

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

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Middle Dutch: drenken

Further reading
  • “drenken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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