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Drücken

Drücken

See also: drucken, Drucken, and drücken

German

Noun

Drücken m

  1. dative plural of Druck

drücken

drücken

See also: drucken, Drücken, and Drucken

German

Verb

drücken ‎(third-person singular simple present drückt, past tense drückte, past participle gedrückt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to press; to push (e.g., a door handle)
  2. (intransitive, reflexive) to shirk

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Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þrukjaną ‎(“to press”), *þrūganą ‎(“to threaten”), from Proto-Indo-European *trūk-, *trūg- ‎(“to press, beat”). Cognate with Dutch drukken ‎(“to press, print”), Danish trykke ‎(“to press”), English thrutch ‎(“to throng”). Closely cognate with German drucken ‎(“to print”): drucken was originally the southern form, drücken was historically North German.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdʁʏkŋ̩], [ˈdʁʏkən]

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