trecken

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German trecken, from Old Saxon *trekkian, from Proto-West Germanic *trakkjan (“to drag”). Cognate with Dutch trekken, Middle High German trecken, Old Frisian trekka (whence West Frisian trekke).

Verb

trecken (past singular trock, past participle trocken, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. (transitive) to pull, to draw
  2. (transitive) to manage, to have the strength for
  3. (intransitive) to migrate

Conjugation

Conjugation of trecken (class 3 strong verb)
infinitive trecken
present preterite
1st person singular treck trock
2nd person singular trecks(t) trocks(t)
3rd person singular treck(t) trock
plural treckt, trecken trocken
imperative
singular treck
plural treckt
present past
participle trecken (e)trocken, getrocken

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

Synonyms

  • tehn

Derived terms

  • aftrecken
  • antrecken
  • intrecken
  • tohooptrecken
  • torechttrecken
  • torüchtrecken
  • wegtrecken
  • ümtrecken

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *trecken, from Proto-West Germanic *trakkjan.

Verb

trecken

  1. (transitive) to pull or draw to oneself
  2. (intransitive) to go to another place

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: trekken
  • Limburgish: trèkke

Further reading

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