trenzen

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

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

Verb

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

References

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

Further reading

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