Trank
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See also: trank
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German tranc, from Old High German tranc, from Proto-Germanic *drankiz (“drink; dose; potion”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrenǵ- (“to pull; draw; sip”); compare Dutch drank (“beverage, drink”), Hunsrik Drank.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Trank m (strong, genitive Trankes or Tranks, plural Tränke, diminutive Tränkchen n or Tränklein n)
- a drink, generally mixed of several ingredients, and often for medical or magical effect; a potion
- 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Vorspiel auf dem Theater”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One][1]:
- Viel Irrthum und ein Fünkchen Wahrheit, / So wird der beste Trank gebraut, / Der alle Welt erquickt und auferbaut.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (higher register, archaic) any drink
Declension
[edit]Declension of Trank [masculine, strong]
Synonyms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Trank” in Duden online
- “Trank” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Trank” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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