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trekke

trekke

Dutch

Verb

trekke

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of trekken

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German trecken; cognate with Danish trække.

Verb

trekke (imperative trekk, present tense trekker, passive trekkes, simple past trakk, past participle trukket)

  1. to pull
  2. to draw (e.g. a conclusion)
  3. (cooking) to steep (soak an item in liquid)
  4. (zoology, of animals, birds etc.) to migrate

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian trekka, from Proto-Germanic *trakjaną (to drag), causative of Proto-Germanic *trekaną (to push, draw, scratch), from Proto-Indo-European *dereg- (to pull). Compare Low German trecken, Dutch trekken.

Verb

trekke

  1. to pull

Usage notes

Note that triek, triekst and trieken can be used as synonyms for truts, trutst and trutsen, respectively.

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