tränken

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtʁɛŋkən/, [ˈtʁɛŋ.kən], [-kŋ̍], [-ʔŋ̍] 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) (transitive) to water (provide animals with water) (transitive, archaic or poetic) to give (a person) drink Synonym: zu trinken geben (transitive) to soak, drench, saturate (something absorbent in a liquid) [with mit or in] ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ertränken Tränke Tränken === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== tränken 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