Träne

== German == === Alternative forms === Thräne (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle High German træne (“tears”), plural of trān m, a Central German variant of trahen, from Old High German trahan (“tear”), from Proto-West Germanic *trahnu (“tear”). Doublet of Tran (“fish oil”, from Low German). Cognate with Dutch traan (“tear; fish oil”), Hunsrik Dreen. Possibly also related with German Zähre, English tear. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtrɛːnə/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland) IPA(key): /ˈtreːnə/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions) Hyphenation: Trä‧ne Rhymes: -ɛːnə === Noun === Träne f (genitive Träne, plural Tränen, diminutive Tränchen n or Tränlein n) tear (in the eye) Synonym: (poetic, archaic) Zähre Tränen lügen nicht - tears don't lie ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== tränenartig tränenlos ==== Related terms ==== Tränendrüse, Tränengas, Tränenmeer tränennass, tränenreich Freudenträne, Krokodilsträne ==== See also ==== Tran === Further reading === “Träne” in Duden online “Träne”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)