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trenzen

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtʁɛnt͡sən/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛnt͡sən

Verb

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trenzen (weak, third-person singular present trenzt, past tense trenzte, past participle getrenzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) to breathe in heavy sequence
    Synonyms: ächzen, stöhnen, seufzen, schnauben
  2. (hunting) said of deer, to make a sequence not particularly loud broken tones
    Synonyms: orgeln, röhren, schreien, schmälen, schelten
  3. (Austria, Bavaria) to sob, to weep
  4. (Austria, Bavaria) to salivate, to drool

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ trenzen” in Duden online
  2. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “drenzen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Further reading

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