trek
See also: Trek
English
Etymology
From Afrikaans trek, from Dutch trekken, from Middle Dutch trekken (weak verb) and trēken (“to trek, place, bring, move”, strong verb), from Old Dutch *trekkan, *trekan, from Proto-Germanic *trekaną, *trakjaną (“to drag, haul, scrape, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreg- (“to drag, scrape”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: trĕk, IPA(key): /tɹɛk/
- Rhymes: -ɛk
Noun
trek (plural treks)
- A slow or difficult journey.
- We're planning a trek up Kilimanjaro.
- (South Africa) A journey by ox wagon.
- (South Africa) The Boer migration of 1835-1837.
Verb
trek (third-person singular simple present treks, present participle trekking, simple past and past participle trekked)
- (intransitive) To make a slow or arduous journey.
- 1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Beach of Falesá
- Before that they had been a good deal on the move, trekking about after the white man, who was one of those rolling stones that keep going round after a soft job.
- 1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Beach of Falesá
- (intransitive) To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas.
- (South Africa) To travel by ox wagon.
Translations
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Afrikaans
Verb
trek (present trek, present participle trekkende, past participle getrek)
Descendants
- → English: trek
Derived terms
- Groot Trek
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /trɛk/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛk
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch trec, from trecken.
Noun
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
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