tränken

See also: tranken and Tränken

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʁɛŋkən/, [ˈtʁɛŋ.kən], [-kŋ̍], [-ʔŋ̍]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: trän‧ken

Etymology 1

From Middle High German and Old High German trenken, from Proto-West Germanic *drankijan (“to cause to drink”). Cognate with Dutch drenken, English drench.

Verb

tränken (weak, third-person singular present tränkt, past tense tränkte, past participle getränkt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to water (provide animals with water)
    Die Einwohner tränken ihr Vieh bis heute an natürlichen Wasserlöchern.
    The inhabitants water their livestock at natural waterholes to this day.
  2. (transitive, archaic or poetic) to give (a person) drink
    Synonym: zu trinken geben
  3. (transitive) to soak, drench, saturate (something absorbent in a liquid) [+ mit / in (object)]
    Die Kleider der Opfer waren mit Blut getränkt.
    The victims’ clothes were soaked in blood.
Conjugation

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Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tränken

  1. first/third-person plural subjunctive II of trinken

Further reading
  • “tränken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “tränken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “tränken” in Duden online
  • “tränken” in OpenThesaurus.de
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