trecken
Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German trecken, from Old Saxon *trekkian, from Proto-West Germanic *trakkjan (“to drag”). Cognate with Dutch trekken, Middle High German trecken, Old Frisian trekka (whence West Frisian trekke).
Verb
trecken (past singular trock, past participle trocken, auxiliary verb hebben)
- (transitive) to pull, to draw
- (transitive) to manage, to have the strength for
- (intransitive) to migrate
Conjugation
Conjugation of trecken (class 3 strong verb)
infinitive | trecken | |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | preterite |
1st person singular | treck | trock |
2nd person singular | trecks(t) | trocks(t) |
3rd person singular | treck(t) | trock |
plural | treckt, trecken | trocken |
imperative | present | — |
singular | treck | |
plural | treckt | |
participle | present | past |
trecken | (e)trocken, getrocken | |
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. |
Synonyms
Derived terms
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *trecken, from Proto-West Germanic *trakkjan.
Verb
trecken
- (transitive) to pull or draw to oneself
- (intransitive) to go to another place
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
- “trecken (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “trecken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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- Low German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Low German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Low German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Low German terms inherited from Middle Low German
- Low German terms derived from Middle Low German
- Low German terms inherited from Old Saxon
- Low German terms derived from Old Saxon
- Low German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Low German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Low German lemmas
- Low German verbs
- Low German transitive verbs
- Low German intransitive verbs
- Low German class 3 strong verbs
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle Dutch lemmas
- Middle Dutch verbs
- Middle Dutch transitive verbs
- Middle Dutch intransitive verbs
- Middle Dutch class 3 strong verbs
- Middle Dutch class 5 strong verbs
- Middle Dutch weak verbs