drenken
See also: drénken
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch drenken, from Old Dutch drenken, from Proto-West Germanic *drankijan, from Proto-Germanic *drankijaną, causative of *drinkaną (modern drinken).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdrɛŋkə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: dren‧ken
- Rhymes: -ɛŋkən
Verb
drenken
- (transitive) to drench, to soak
Inflection
| Inflection of drenken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | drenken | |||
| past singular | drenkte | |||
| past participle | gedrenkt | |||
| infinitive | drenken | |||
| gerund | drenken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | drenk | drenkte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | drenkt | drenkte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | drenkt | drenkte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | drenkt | drenkte | ||
| 3rd person singular | drenkt | drenkte | ||
| plural | drenken | drenkten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | drenke | drenkte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | drenken | drenkten | ||
| imperative sing. | drenk | |||
| imperative plur.1 | drenkt | |||
| participles | drenkend | gedrenkt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- drenkeling
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *drankijaną.
Verb
drenken
- to give drink to
- to drench, to drown
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: drenken
Further reading
- “drenken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012