treideln

German

Etymology

18th century, from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), alteration of Middle Low German treilen, from Middle Dutch treilen, from Old French trailler, derived from the noun traille, from Latin tragula.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʁaɪ̯dəln/, [ˈtʁaɪ̯dl̩n]
  • Hyphenation: trei‧deln
  • Audio(file)

Verb

treideln (weak, third-person singular present treidelt, past tense treidelte, past participle getreidelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to tow a ship or boat along a river or canal (usually by means of horses)

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms
  • Treidelpfad
  • Treidelweg

Further reading
  • “treideln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “treideln” in Duden online
  • “treideln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Gustav Goedel (1902), “treideln”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Seemannssprache (in German), Kiel und Leipzig: Lipsius & Tischer, page 487
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