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trekke
trekke
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)
- to pull
- to draw (e.g. a conclusion)
- (cooking) to steep (soak an item in liquid)
- (zoology, of animals, birds etc.) to migrate
Related terms
- trekk (noun)
Derived terms
References
- “trekke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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
- to pull
Usage notes
Note that triek, triekst and trieken can be used as synonyms for truts, trutst and trutsen, respectively.
Conjugation
Conjugation of trekke
| Infinitive: trekke | ||||||||
| Present tense | Past tense | |||||||
| person | singular | plural | singular | plural | ||||
| 1st | ik | trek | wy | trekke | ik | truts | wy | trutsen |
| 2nd | do/dû | trekst | jimme | trekke | do/dû | trutst | jimme | trutsen |
| 3rd | hy/sy | trekt | hja | trekke | hy/sy | truts | hja | trutsen |
| Present participle | Imperative | Auxiliary | Past participle | |||||
| trekkend (trekkende) | trek | hawwe | trutsen | |||||