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drinken

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English

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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drinken

  1. (nonstandard, archaic) past participle of drink
    Has he eaten or drinken anything today?

Usage notes

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The usual past participle of the verb to drink is drunk, which is found in the overwhelming majority of cases. The form "drinken" is an overregularization based on forms such as eat/eaten and beat/beaten. It is more common in spoken language than in written form.

Anagrams

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Danish

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Pronunciation

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This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!
Particularly: “Any stød? Also, how is this phonetically distinct from drengen?”

Noun

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drinken c

  1. definite singular of drink

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɪŋkə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: drin‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋkən

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch drinken, from Old Dutch drincan, from Proto-West Germanic *drinkan, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną.

Verb

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drinken

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to drink, consume a liquid
  2. (intransitive) to be an alcoholic
Conjugation
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Conjugation of drinken (strong class 3a)
infinitive drinken
past singular dronk
past participle gedronken
infinitive drinken
gerund drinken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular drink dronk
2nd person sing. (jij) drinkt, drink2 dronk
2nd person sing. (u) drinkt dronk
2nd person sing. (gij) drinkt dronkt
3rd person singular drinkt dronk
plural drinken dronken
subjunctive sing.1 drinke dronke
subjunctive plur.1 drinken dronken
imperative sing. drink
imperative plur.1 drinkt
participles drinkend gedronken
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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adjectives
nouns
verbs
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: drink
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: dronggi
  • Negerhollands: drink, dring, drin
  • → Aukan: dingii

Etymology 2

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Gerund of the verb drinken.

Noun

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drinken n (uncountable, no diminutive)

  1. drink, beverage
    Synonym: drank

Further reading

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  • van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “drinken”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  • “drinken” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Low German

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German drinken.

Verb

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drinken (third-person singular simple present drinkt, past tense drunk, past participle drunken, auxiliary verb hebben)
drinken (third-person singular simple present drinkt, past tense drünk, past participle drunken, auxiliary verb hewwen)

  1. to drink

Conjugation

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Conjugation of drinken (strong class 3)
infinitive drinken
present preterite
1st person singular drink drunk
2nd person singular drinks(t) drunks(t)
3rd person singular drink(t) drunk
plural drinkt, drinken drunken
imperative
singular drink
plural drinkt
present past
participle drinken (e)drunken, gedrunken

Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch drincan, from Proto-West Germanic *drinkan.

Verb

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drinken

  1. to drink

Inflection

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Conjugation of drinken (strong class 3)
infinitive base form drinken
genitive drinkens
dative drinkene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular drinke dranc drinke dronke
2nd person singular drincs, drinkes droncs, dronkes drincs, drinkes dronkes
3rd person singular drinct, drinket dranc drinke dronke
1st person plural drinken dronken drinken dronken
2nd person plural drinct, drinket dronct, dronket drinct, drinket dronket
3rd person plural drinken dronken drinken dronken
imperative
singular drinc, drinke
plural drinct, drinket
present past
participle drinkende gedronken

Descendants

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Further reading

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Middle English

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Verb

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drinken

  1. alternative form of drynken

Middle Low German

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Etymology

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From Old Saxon drinkan (“to drink”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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drinken

  1. to drink

Conjugation

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Conjugation of drinken as a class 3a strong verb
plain infinitive drinken
full infinitive (gerund) tô drinkene or tô drinkende
verbal noun drinken or drinkent
participles imperative
present drinkende singular drink
past gedrunken plural drinket
indicative subjunctive
present preterite present preterite
1st person singular drinke drank drinke drünke
2nd person singular drinkest or drinkst drunkest or drünkest drinkest drünkest
3rd person singular drinket or drinkt drank drinket drünke
plural drinken (drinket?) drunken or drünken drinken drünken

Descendants

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Swedish

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Noun

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drinken

  1. definite singular of drink
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