English

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Verb

edit

drinken

  1. (nonstandard, archaic) past participle of drink
    Has he eaten or drinken anything today?

Usage notes

edit

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.

Anagrams

edit

Danish

edit

Pronunciation

edit
  This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!
Particularly: “Any stød? Also, how is this phonetically distinct from drengen?”

Noun

edit

drinken c

  1. definite singular of drink

Dutch

edit

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /ˈdriŋkə(n)/, /ˈdrɪŋkə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: drin‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋkən

Etymology 1

edit

From Middle Dutch drinken, from Old Dutch drincan, from Proto-West Germanic *drinkan, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną.

Verb

edit

drinken

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to drink, consume a liquid
  2. (intransitive) to be an alcoholic
Conjugation
edit
Conjugation of drinken (strong class 3a)
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, drink2 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. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
edit
edit
Descendants
edit
  • Afrikaans: drink
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: dronggi
  • Negerhollands: drink, dring, drin
  • Aukan: dingii

Etymology 2

edit

Gerund of the verb drinken.

Noun

edit

drinken n (uncountable)

  1. drink, beverage
    Synonym: drank

Low German

edit

Etymology

edit

From Middle Low German drinken.

Verb

edit

drinken (third-person singular simple present drinkt, past tense drunk, past participle drunken, auxiliary verb hebben)
drinken (third-person singular simple present drinkt, past tense drünk, past participle drunken, auxiliary verb hewwen)

  1. to drink

Conjugation

edit
edit

Middle Dutch

edit

Etymology

edit

From Old Dutch drincan, from Proto-West Germanic *drinkan.

Verb

edit

drinken

  1. to drink

Inflection

edit
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

Descendants

edit

Further reading

edit

Middle English

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

From Old English drincan, from Proto-West Germanic *drinkan, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną.

Verb

edit

drinken

  1. to drink

Conjugation

edit

Descendants

edit
  • English: drink (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: drink
  • Yola: drink

References

edit

See also

edit

Middle Low German

edit

Etymology

edit

From Old Saxon drinkan (to drink).

Pronunciation

edit

Verb

edit

drinken

  1. to drink

Conjugation

edit

Descendants

edit

Swedish

edit

Noun

edit

drinken

  1. definite singular of drink