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drinken
drinken
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdrɪŋkə(n)/
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch drinken, from Old Dutch drinkan, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną.
Verb
drinken
- (transitive) to drink
Inflection
| Inflection of drinken (strong class 3) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | drinken | |||
| past singular | dronk | |||
| past participle | gedronken | |||
| infinitive | drinken | |||
| gerund | drinken n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | drink | dronk | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | drinkt | 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. | ||||
Derived terms
- leegdrinken
- opdrinken
- verdrinken
Related terms
Etymology 2
Gerund of the verb drinken.
Noun
drinken n (uncountable)
Synonyms
Low German
Etymology
From Old Saxon drinkan, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną.
Verb
drinken (third-person singular simple present drinkt, past tense drunk, past participle drunken, auxiliary verb hebben)
- to drink
Conjugation
Conjugation of drinken (strong class 3)
| infinitive | drinken | |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | 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 | present | — |
| singular | drink | |
| plural | drinkt | |
| participle | present | past |
| drinken | (e)drunken, gedrunken | |
| Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. | ||
Related terms
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch drinkan, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną.
Verb
drinken
- to drink
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: drinken
Middle Low German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /drɪnkən/
Etymology
From Old Saxon drinkan (“to drink”), from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną.
Verb
drinken
- to drink
Conjugation
Conjugation of drinken as a class 3a strong verb
| Plain Infinitive | drinken
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Infinitive (Gerund) | tô drinkene or tô drinkende | |||
| Verbal Noun | drinken or drinkent | |||
| Participles | Imperatives | |||
| Present | drinkende | 2nd Person Singular | drink | |
| Past | gedrunken | 2nd Person 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 (drinketnote) | drunken or drünken | drinken | drünken |