træffe

Danish

Etymology

From German treffen (“to meet, hit”). Cognate with Danish dræbe (“to kill”). The German word was also borrowed into Norwegian Bokmål treffe and Swedish träffa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtˢʁ̥afə], [ˈtˢʁ̥ɑfə]

Verb

træffe (present træffer, past traf, past participle n truffet, c truffen, definite or plural trufne)

1. (transitive) to meet, hook up
2. to hit

   Pilen traf hende i knæet.

   The arrow hit her in the knee.

3. (passive voice, intransitive) meet, see træffes

Conjugation

Inflection of træffe

	present	past
simple	træffer	traf
perfect	har truffet	havde truffet
passive	træffes	trafs
participle	træffende	truffet
imperative	træf	—
infinitive	træffe	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	træffen	—

References

• “træffe” in Den Danske Ordbog