trenzen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German trehenen, trehenen, according to Duden, ultimately formed from the root of Träne (“tear”), presumably with the connection being to crying.[1] However, compare Dutch drenzen (“to moan”), which rather goes back to Proto-West Germanic *drānu (“drone”).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]trenzen (weak, third-person singular present trenzt, past tense trenzte, past participle getrenzt, auxiliary haben)
- (obsolete or dialectal) to breathe in heavy sequence
- (hunting) said of deer, to make a sequence not particularly loud broken tones
- (Austria, Bavaria) to sob, to weep
- (Austria, Bavaria) to salivate, to drool
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | trenzen | ||||
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present participle | trenzend | ||||
past participle | getrenzt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich trenze | wir trenzen | i | ich trenze | wir trenzen |
du trenzt | ihr trenzt | du trenzest | ihr trenzet | ||
er trenzt | sie trenzen | er trenze | sie trenzen | ||
preterite | ich trenzte | wir trenzten | ii | ich trenzte1 | wir trenzten1 |
du trenztest | ihr trenztet | du trenztest1 | ihr trenztet1 | ||
er trenzte | sie trenzten | er trenzte1 | sie trenzten1 | ||
imperative | trenz (du) trenze (du) |
trenzt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
References
[edit]- ^ “trenzen” in Duden online
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “drenzen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Further reading
[edit]- “trenzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “trenzen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “trenzen” in Duden online
- “trenzen”, in Ostarrichi, 2007
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