trinkan

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

trinkhan (Sette Comuni, Luserna)

Etymology

From Middle High German trinken, from Old High German trinkan, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”). Cognate with German trinken, Dutch drinken, English drink, Icelandic drekka.

Verb

trinkan (strong)

(Thirteen Communities) to drink

References

“trinkan” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *drinkaną. Akin to Old Saxon drinkan, Old English drincan, Old Norse drekka.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /triŋkan/

Verb

trinkan

to drink

Conjugation

Conjugation of trinkan (strong class 3)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	trinkan
1st person singular	trinku	trank
2nd person singular	trinkis	trunki
3rd person singular	trinkit	trank
1st person plural	trinkem, trinkemes	trunkum, trunkumes
2nd person plural	trinket	trunkut
3rd person plural	trinkant	trunkun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	trinke	trunki
2nd person singular	trinkes	trunkis
3rd person singular	trinke	trunki
1st person plural	trinkem, trinkemes	trunkim, trunkimes
2nd person plural	trinket	trunkit
3rd person plural	trinken	trunkin
imperative	present
singular	trink
plural	trinket
participle	present	past
	trinkanti	gitrunkan

Descendants

Middle High German: trinken
- Alemannic German: trinke
  Italian Walser: trenhu, trénge, tringhien, trinche
- Bavarian:
  Cimbrian: trinkhan, trinkan
  Mòcheno: trinken
  Udinese: trinkn, trinkhn, trinckn
- Central Franconian: drenke, dronke, drönke, drinke
  Hunsrik: drinke
- German: trinken
- Luxembourgish: drénken
- Rhine Franconian:
  Pennsylvania German: drinke
- Vilamovian: trynkja
- Yiddish: טרינקען‎ (trinken)
- → French: trinquer
- → Galician: trincar
- → Italian: trincare
- → Spanish: trincar
- → Venetian: trincar, trincàr