drénken

See also: drenken

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German drinken, northern form of trinken, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną.

As in the rhyming strong verbs sénken and sténken, the [e]-vowel was generalized from the second and third persons singular (instead of expected [ɑ] as in fannen, schwammen, etc.). For the fact that nk as such does not prevent the lowering see Fank, Schank.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʀeŋkən]

Verb

drénken (third-person singular present drénkt, past participle gedronk, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to drink

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive	drénken
participle	gedronk
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	imperative
1st singular	drénken	—
2nd singular	drénks	drénk
3rd singular	drénkt	—
1st plural	drénken	—
2nd plural	drénkt	drénkt
3rd plural	drénken	—
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms

• ausdrénken
• erdrénken