drenke
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- dronke, drönke (Eifel)
- drinke (Kölsch)
Etymology
From Old High German *drinkan, northern variant of trinkan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʀeŋkə/
Verb
drenke (third-person singular present drenk or drenkt, past tense dronk, past participle jedronke or gedronke or gedronk)
- (most dialects) to drink
- Jetz drenke mer us irsch ens eent on dann kanns de mer deng Neuigkeete verzälle.
- We’ll drink one first of all, and then you can tell me your news.
- Jetz drenke mer us irsch ens eent on dann kanns de mer deng Neuigkeete verzälle.
Usage notes
- The past tense does not exist in all dialects of Moselle Franconian.
- Otherwise the forms drenk; jedronke are Ripuarian, while drenkt; gedronk(e) are Moselle Franconian.
- A reflexive dative following the verb (like us in the example sentence above) expresses “to drink with ease, coziness”.
Dutch
Verb
drenke
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of drenken
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German tränken, Dutch drenken, English drench.
Verb
drenke
- to water plants or animals
- to suckle