trekke

Dutch

Verb

trekke

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of trekken

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German trecken; cognate with Danish trække.

Verb

trekke (imperative trekk, present tense trekker, passive trekkes, simple past trakk, past participle trukket, present participle trekkende)

  1. to pull
  2. to subtract
  3. to draw (e.g. a conclusion)
  4. (cooking) to steep (soak an item in liquid)
  5. (zoology, of animals, birds etc.) to migrate
  6. trekke (seg) tilbake - to withdraw, retreat
  7. trekke (seg) - to consider

Derived terms

References

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian trekka, from Proto-Germanic *trakjaną (“to drag”).

Verb

trekke

  1. to pull
    Synonym: lûke

Inflection
Conjugation of trekke
Infinitive: trekke
Present tense Past tense
person singular plural singular plural
1st ik trek wy trekke ik truts wy trutsen
2nd do/dû trekst jimme trekke do/dû trutst jimme trutsen
3rd hy/sy trekt hja trekke hy/sy truts hja trutsen
Present participle Imperative Auxiliary Past participle
trekkend (trekkende) trek hawwe trutsen

Note that triek, triekst and trieken can be used as synonyms for truts, trutst and trutsen, respectively.

Further reading
  • “trekke”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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