drenke
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old High German *drinkan, northern variant of trinkan.
Pronunciation
Verb
drenke (third-person singular present drenk or drenkt, past tense dronk, past participle jedronke or gedronke or gedronk)
- (most dialects) to drink
- Jetz drenke mer us irsch ens eent on dann kanns de mer deng Neuigkeete verzälle.
- We’ll drink one first of all, and then you can tell me your news.
- Jetz drenke mer us irsch ens eent on dann kanns de mer deng Neuigkeete verzälle.
Usage notes
- The past tense does not exist in all dialects of Moselle Franconian.
- Otherwise the forms drenk; jedronke are Ripuarian, while drenkt; gedronk(e) are Moselle Franconian.
- A reflexive dative following the verb (like us in the example sentence above) expresses “to drink with ease, coziness”.
Dutch
Verb
drenke
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German tränken, Dutch drenken, English drench.
Verb
drenke