bedrucken

German

Etymology

From Middle High German bedrücken, from Old High German bidrukken, from Proto-West Germanic *biþrukkijan. Doublet of bedrücken. The usage of the umlaut-less Upper German variant as technical term for (im)printing established in the 17th century. Equivalent to be- +‎ drucken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bəˈdʁʊkŋ̩], [bəˈdʁʊkən]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧dru‧cken

Verb

bedrucken (weak, third-person singular present bedruckt, past tense bedruckte, past participle bedruckt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to print on, to imprint

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • Bedrucker, Bedruckung

See also

Further reading

  • bedrucken” in Duden online
  • bedrucken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache