trek

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Afrikaans trek.

Noun

trek (plural treks)

1. A slow or difficult journey.

   We're planning on going on a trek up Kilimanjaro.

2. (South Africa) A journey by ox wagon.
3. (South Africa) The Boer migration of 1835-1837.

Verb

trek (third-person singular simple present treks, present participle trekking, simple past and past participle trekked)

1. (intransitive) To make a slow or arduous journey.
2. (intransitive) To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas.
3. (South Africa) To travel by ox wagon.

Translations

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• Finnish: tarpoa (1), patikoida (2)

• Spanish: jornada (es) f

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Afrikaans

Etymology

Dutch trekken

Verb

trek

1. haul
2. move (moving house)
3. pull

Noun

trek

1. journey as used in Groot Trek for example

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Dutch

Etymology

Middle Dutch trekken (wk) and trēken (st) (“to trek, place, bring, move”) from Old Dutch *trekkan, *trekan, from Proto-Germanic *trikanan, *trakjanan (“to drag, scrape, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreg- (“to drag, scrape”). Akin to Old High German trehhan (“to push, bump, move, scratch”), Middle Low German trecken (“to pull”) and Albanian tërheq (“to draw, pull”), Gheg trek.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛk

Noun

trek c (uncountable)

1. appetite

   Ik heb trek in een reep chocola — I could (now) have a chocolate bar

   Ik heb geen trek in deze klus — I have no mind to carry out this task

2. journey

Verb

trek

1. first-person singular present indicative of trekken
2. imperative of trekken

Anagrams

• rekt