renken

See also: Renken

German

Etymology

From Middle High German renken, from Old High German renkan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrankijan. Cognate with English wrench.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʁɛŋkən/
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  • Hyphenation: ren‧ken
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  • Homophones: Ränken, Renken

Verb

renken (weak, third-person singular present renkt, past tense renkte, past participle gerenkt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (obsolete) to twist, to turn

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • renken” in Duden online
  • renken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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