trekken

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛkə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: trek‧ken
• Rhymes: -ɛkən

From Middle Dutch trecken, from Old Dutch *trecken, from Proto-West Germanic *trakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *trakjaną (“to drag”).

trekken

1. (transitive) to pull, to draw

   De os trekt de ploeg over de akker.

   The ox draws the plough across the field.

   Trek aan het koord als je hulp nodig hebt.

   Pull on the rope if you need help.

   Door twee punten kan een rechte lijn getrokken worden.

   Through two points a straight line can be drawn.

2. (transitive) to manage, to have the strength for
3. (intransitive) to migrate
4. (intransitive, of drinks) to draw (to increase in flavour due to being left alone)
5. (intransitive, Belgium) to photograph, take a picture

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• duwen

• aantrekken
• aftrekken
• betrekken
• binnentrekken
• doortrekken
• intrekken
• lijsttrekker
• omtrek
• onttrekken
• optrekken
• rechttrekken
• samentrekken
• trekhaak
• trekker
• trekmier
• trekschuit
• trekvaart
• trekvogel
• voltrekken

• Afrikaans: trek
  • → English: trek
• Jersey Dutch: träkke
• Negerhollands: trek, treek
• → Papiamentu: trèk

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

trekken

1. plural of trek

Probably inherited from Arabic تَرَكَّنَ‎ (tarakkana, “to be calm, firm, inaccessible”), but influenced by related rokna (“corner”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛk.kɛn/

trekken (imperfect jitrekken)

1. to cower, huddle (in a tight space)