trekken
Sentences
Meaning
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- (transitive) to pull, to draw
- (transitive) to manage, to have the strength for
- (intransitive) to migrate
- (intransitive) to draw (to increase in flavour due to being left alone)
- (Belgium, intransitive) to photograph, take a picture
Concepts
make a stroke
enter on
make a draft
wander about
make a trip
appeal to
drag along
extirpate
Synonyms
aftekenen
op trektocht gaan
uittekenen
een streep trekken
verlekkeren
aanlokken
mank lopen
er door gaan
slecht functioneren
kreupel lopen
ten val brengen
verootmoedigen
meesleuren
trasseren
verrnietigen
afdraaien
afgeven op
afkammen
een wig slaan
een wig steken
in discrediet brengen
kleinmaken
laten zakken
neerlaten
Frequency
Hyphenated as
trek‧ken
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtrɛkə(n)/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch trecken, from Old Dutch *trecken, from Proto-West Germanic *trakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *trakjaną (“to drag”).
New
trek
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- (masculine, uncountable) appetite
- (countable, masculine) journey, migration
- (masculine, uncountable) animal migration
- (masculine, uncountable) draught, air current through a chimney
- (countable, masculine) feature, trait
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