drécken

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German drucchen, from Proto-Germanic *þrukkijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdreken/, [ˈdʀe.kən]
• Rhymes: -ekən

Verb

drécken (third-person singular present dréckt, past participle gedréckt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to push, to press
2. (transitive) to push down, to reduce (e.g. prices)
3. (intransitive, of shoes) to pinch
4. (transitive) to print
5. (reflexive) to snuggle

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive	drécken
participle	gedréckt
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	imperative
1st singular	drécken	—
2nd singular	drécks	dréck
3rd singular	dréckt	—
1st plural	drécken	—
2nd plural	dréckt	dréckt
3rd plural	drécken	—
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms

• andrécken
• ausdrécken
• duerchdrécken
• erandrécken
• erausdrécken
• erdrécken
• erofdrécken
• eropdrécken
• nodrécken
• ofdrécken
• opdrécken
• verdrécken
• zerdrécken
• zeréckdrécken
• zoudrécken

Related terms

• Drécker
• Dréckerei