drinken
( nonstandard , archaic ) past participle ofdrink Has he eaten or drinken anything today?
The usual past participle of the verbto drink is drunk, which is found in the overwhelming majority of cases. The form "drinken" is an overregularization based on forms such aseat /eaten andbeat /beaten . It is more common in spoken language than in written form.
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drinken c
definite singular ofdrink FromMiddle Dutch drinken , fromOld Dutch drincan , fromProto-West Germanic *drinkan , fromProto-Germanic *drinkaną .
drinken
( transitive , intransitive ) todrink , consume a liquid( intransitive ) to be analcoholic Gerund of the verbdrinken .
drinken n (uncountable ,nodiminutive )
drink ,beverage Synonym: drank FromMiddle Low German drinken .
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 )
todrink Note: This conjugation is one of many. Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.
FromOld Dutch drincan , fromProto-West Germanic *drinkan .
drinken
todrink Conjugation ofdrinken (strong class 3) infinitive base form drinken genitive drinkens dative drinkene indicative subjunctive present past present past 1st person singular drinke dranc drinke dronke 2nd person singular drincs ,drinkes droncs ,dronkes drincs ,drinkes dronkes 3rd person singular drinct ,drinket dranc drinke dronke 1st person plural drinken dronken drinken dronken 2nd person plural drinct ,drinket dronct ,dronket drinct ,drinket dronket 3rd person plural drinken dronken drinken dronken imperative singular drinc ,drinke plural drinct ,drinket present past participle drinkende gedronken
FromOld English drincan , fromProto-West Germanic *drinkan , fromProto-Germanic *drinkaną .
drinken
todrink 1 Later replaced by the 1st-/3rd-person singular ordrankest .2 Later replaced by the indicative.3 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
FromOld Saxon drinkan ( “ to drink ” ) .
drinken
todrink drinken
definite singular ofdrink