trinken

Meaning

1. (class-3,strong,transitive) to drink (to drink liquids (in bottles, glasses, etc.) by mouth)
2. (class-3,intransitive,strong) to drink, to imbibe (to consume alcoholic beverages)
3. (class-3,intransitive,strong) to drink; to toast (engage in a salutation (of someone), accompanying the raising of glasses while drinking alcohol)
4. (class-3,reflexive,strong) to drink one's fill; to drink to satiety

Hyphenated as

trin‧ken

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtʁɪŋkən/

Etymology

From Middle High German trinken, from Old High German trinkan (attested since the 8th century), from Proto-West Germanic *drinkan.
Germanic cognates with identical meaning include Old Saxon drinkan (and Low German drinken), Old Dutch drinkan (and Dutch drinken, Afrikaans drink), Old English drincan (and Modern English drink), Old Frisian drinka (and West Frisian drinke), Old Norse drekka (and Icelandic drekka, Faroese drekka, Norwegian drikke, Swedish dricka, Danish drikke), Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌽 (drigkan) and Vandalic drincan.

Sentences

So ist es dort verboten , das Grundwasser zu trinken .

For example, it is forbidden to drink the groundwater there.