drinken
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪŋkən
Verb
drinken
- (nonstandard) past participle of drink
- Has he eaten or drinken anything today?
Note: the usual past participle of the verb to drink is drunk, which is found in the overwhelming majority of cases. The form "drinken" is an overregularization based on forms such as eat / eaten and beat / beaten. It is more common in spoken language than in written form.
Danish
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdrɪŋkə(n)/, /ˈdriŋkə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: drin‧ken
- Rhymes: -ɪŋkən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch drinken, from Old Dutch drincan, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną.
Inflection
| Inflection of drinken (strong class 3) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | drinken | |||
| past singular | dronk | |||
| past participle | gedronken | |||
| infinitive | drinken | |||
| gerund | drinken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | drink | dronk | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | drinkt | dronk | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | drinkt | dronk | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | drinkt | dronkt | ||
| 3rd person singular | drinkt | dronk | ||
| plural | drinken | dronken | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | drinke | dronke | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | drinken | dronken | ||
| imperative sing. | drink | |||
| imperative plur.1 | drinkt | |||
| participles | drinkend | gedronken | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- bedrinken
- leegdrinken
- omdrinken
- opdrinken
- verdrinken
Descendants
- Afrikaans: drink
Etymology 2
Gerund of the verb drinken.
Low German
Alternative forms
- driinken
Etymology
From Old Saxon drinkan, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną.
Verb
drinken (third-person singular simple present drinkt, past tense drunk, past participle drunken, auxiliary verb hebben)
- to drink
Conjugation
Conjugation of drinken (strong class 3)
| infinitive | drinken | |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | preterite |
| 1st person singular | drink | drunk |
| 2nd person singular | drinks(t) | drunks(t) |
| 3rd person singular | drink(t) | drunk |
| plural | drinkt, drinken | drunken |
| imperative | present | — |
| singular | drink | |
| plural | drinkt | |
| participle | present | past |
| drinken | (e)drunken, gedrunken | |
| Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. | ||
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch drincan, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną.
Inflection
| Strong class 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | drinken | |
| 3rd sg. past | dranc | |
| 3rd pl. past | dronken | |
| Past participle | gedronken | |
| Infinitive | drinken | |
| In genitive | drinkens | |
| In dative | drinkene | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | drinke | dranc |
| 2nd singular | drincs, drinkes | droncs, dronkes |
| 3rd singular | drinct, drinket | dranc |
| 1st plural | drinken | dronken |
| 2nd plural | drinct, drinket | dronct, dronket |
| 3rd plural | drinken | dronken |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | drinke | dronke |
| 2nd singular | drincs, drinkes | dronkes |
| 3rd singular | drinke | dronke |
| 1st plural | drinken | dronken |
| 2nd plural | drinct, drinket | dronket |
| 3rd plural | drinken | dronken |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | drinc, drinke | |
| Plural | drinct, drinket | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | drinkende | gedronken |
Further reading
- “drinken (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “drinken (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
Middle Low German
Etymology
From Old Saxon drinkan (“to drink”), from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /drɪŋkən/
Conjugation
Conjugation of drinken as a class 3a strong verb
| Plain Infinitive | drinken | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Infinitive (Gerund) | tô drinkene or tô drinkende | |||
| Verbal Noun | drinken or drinkent | |||
| Participles | Imperatives | |||
| Present | drinkende | 2nd Person Singular | drink | |
| Past | gedrunken | 2nd Person Plural | drinket | |
| Indicative | Subjunctive | |||
| Present | Preterite | Present | Preterite | |
| 1st Person Singular | drinke | drank | drinke | drünke |
| 2nd Person Singular | drinkest or drinkst | drunkest or drünkest | drinkest | drünkest |
| 3rd Person Singular | drinket or drinkt | drank | drinket | drünke |
| Plural | drinken (drinket?) | drunken or drünken | drinken | drünken |
Swedish
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