drikke

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd̥ʁɛɡ̊ə]

Etymology 1

From Old Danish drikkæ, (Western) Old Norse drekka, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną, cognate with Swedish dricka, English drink, German trinken.

Verb

drikke (imperative drik, present drikker, past drak, past participle, n drukket, c drukken, definite or plural drukne)

1. drink
2. have (to partake of a drink)

Conjugation

Inflection of drikke

	present	past
simple	drikker	drak
perfect	har drukket	havde drukket
passive	drikkes	—
participle	drikkende	drukket
imperative	drik	—
infinitive	drikke	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	drikken	—

Etymology 2

From Old Danish drickæ, from the verb.

Noun

drikke

1. (rare) drink

   mad og drikke

   Food and drink

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

drikke c

1. indefinite plural of drik

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse drykkja.

Noun

drikke n (indeclinable) (uncountable)

1. drink (mass noun)

   mat og drikke - food and drink

Related terms

• drikk

Etymology 2

From Danish drikke, from Old Norse drekka (“to drink”), from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrenǵ- (“to draw into one's mouth, sip, gulp”), from *dʰreg- (“to draw, glide”).

Verb

drikke (imperative drikk, present tense drikker, passive drikkes, simple past drakk, past participle drukket, present participle drikkende)

1. to drink

Derived terms

• drikkbar
• drikkelek
• drikkevann

References

• “drikke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²drɪkːə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse drekka f, from the verb drekka.

Noun

drikke f (definite singular drikka, uncountable)

1. drink (mass noun)

   mat og drikke - food and drink

Noun

drikke n (definite singular drikket, indefinite plural drikke, definite plural drikka)

1. something to drink

Derived terms

• kalvedrikke n
• torstedrikke n, tørstedrikke n

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• drekk' (dialectal) (apocope of an e-infinitive form; vowel sound change)

Verb

drikke (present tense drikk, past tense drakk, past participle drukke, passive infinitive drikkast, present participle drikkande, imperative drikk)

1. e-infinitive form of drikka

References

• “drikke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.