drücken

See also: drucken, Drücken, and Drucken

German

Etymology

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *þrukjaną (“to press”), *þrūganą (“to threaten”), from Proto-Indo-European *trūk-, *trūg- (“to press, beat”). Cognate with Dutch drukken (“to press, print”), Danish trykke (“to press”), English thrutch (“to throng”). Closely cognate with German drucken (“to print”): drucken was originally the southern form, drücken was historically North German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʁʏkən/, [ˈdʁʏkŋ̩]

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Verb

1. (transitive) to press; to push (e.g., a door handle)
2. (transitive) to hug (somebody)
3. (intransitive, reflexive) to shirk

Antonyms

• (to pull): ziehen

Derived terms

• abdrücken
• ausdrücken
• bedrücken
• draufdrücken
• eindrücken
• erdrücken
• hinunterdrücken
• niederdrücken
• plattdrücken
• unterdrücken
• verdrücken
• vorbeidrücken
• wegdrücken
• zudrücken

 

See also

• Drückeberger
• knuddeln (verb)
• umarmen (verb)

Further reading

• “drücken” in Duden online