trachten

From Middle Dutch trachten, from Old Dutch *trahton, from Proto-West Germanic *trahtōn, from Latin tractō. Doublet of trakteren.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɑxtə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -ɑxtən

trachten

1. (auxiliary, with te) to try, attempt

   Synonym: proberen

   Zij trachtten het gebouw te evacueren voordat de brand zich verspreidde. ― They tried to evacuate the building before the fire spread.

   We trachten het verlies te verminderen door kosten te besparen. ― We attempt to reduce the loss by saving costs.

   Hij trachtte een verkiezingsnederlaag te voorkomen. ― He tried to prevent an electoral defeat.

• betrachten

• Afrikaans: trag
• Negerhollands: tracht

From Middle High German trahten, from Old High German trahtōn, from Proto-West Germanic *trahtōn, from Latin tractāre (“to drag, manage, handle”).^[1] Doublet of traktieren.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtʁaχtn̩]

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• Hyphenation: trach‧ten

trachten (weak, third-person singular present trachtet, past tense trachtete, past participle getrachtet, auxiliary haben)

1. (dated, literary) to seek, strive

   Synonyms: streben, erstreben, suchen, versuchen, sich bemühen, beabsichtigen

• nach dem Leben trachten (remains common)
• betrachten

• “trachten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “trachten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “trachten” in Duden online
• “trachten” in OpenThesaurus.de

From Old Dutch *trahton, from Proto-West Germanic *trahtōn, from Latin tractō. Doublet of traiteren and tracteren.

trachten

1. to think of, to make up, to invent

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: trachten
  • Afrikaans: trag
  • Negerhollands: tracht
• Limburgish: trachte

• “trachten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “trachten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN