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Definition 2024
Trek
trek
trek
See also: Trek
English
Noun
trek (plural treks)
- A slow or difficult journey.
- We're planning on going on a trek up Kilimanjaro.
- (South Africa) A journey by ox wagon.
- (South Africa) The Boer migration of 1835-1837.
Verb
trek (third-person singular simple present treks, present participle trekking, simple past and past participle trekked)
- (intransitive) To make a slow or arduous journey.
- (intransitive) To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas.
- (South Africa) To travel by ox wagon.
Translations
Afrikaans
Etymology 1
Verb
trek (present trek, present participle trekkende, past participle getrek)
Etymology 2
Noun
trek (plural [please provide])
Derived terms
- Groot Trek
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛk
Etymology
From Middle Dutch trec, from trecken.
Noun
trek c (uncountable, diminutive trekje n)
- appetite
- Ik heb trek in een reep chocola — I could (now) have a chocolate bar
- Ik heb geen trek in deze klus — I have no mind to carry out this task
- journey, migration
- draught, air current through a chimney.
Verb
trek