drinkan

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *drinkan.

Verb

drinkan

1. to drink

Conjugation

Conjugation of drinkan (strong class 3)

infinitive	drinkan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	drinku	drank
2nd person singular	drinkis	drunki
3rd person singular	drinkid	drank
plural	drinkad	drunkun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	drinke	drunki
2nd person singular	drinkes	drunkis
3rd person singular	drinke	drunki
plural	drinken	drunkin
imperative	present
singular	drink
plural	drinkad
participle	present	past
	drinkandi	gidrunkan, drunkan

Descendants

• Middle Low German: drinken
  • Low German: drinken

Russenorsk

Alternative forms

• drinkom, driki, drikkom, trinke

Etymology

Probably from German trinken or English drink. Compare the ending in Solombala English дринкомъ (drinkom).

Verb

drinkan

1. to drink

References

• Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag