triezen

== German == === Etymology === From Low German tritzen (and variants). Equivalent to Trieze (“winch”) +‎ -en. The modern sense is figurative from the nautical punishment. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʁiːtsən/ Hyphenation: trie‧zen === Verb === triezen (weak, third-person singular present triezt, past tense triezte, past participle getriezt, auxiliary haben) to disturb or annoy someone, especially in order to provoke a reaction; to goad (nautical, dated) to pull something up with a winch, (historical also) to punish a seaman by pulling him up in such a way ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Triezen, Triezer Triezerei, Getrieze === Further reading === “triezen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “triezen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “triezen” in Duden online