trocken
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German trucken, trocken, from Old High German truckan, trokkan (“dried out, parched, thirsty, dry”), from Proto-West Germanic *drukn, from Proto-Germanic *druknaz, *druhnaz (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“to strengthen; become hard or solid”), from *dʰer- (“to hold, hold fast, support”).
The form trucken was originally predominant, but the word eventually became standardized in an old western variant with -o-. Cognate with Old Saxon drokno (“dry”, adverb), Old English ġedrycnan (“to dry up”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edittrocken (strong nominative masculine singular trockener, comparative trockener, superlative am trockensten)
- dry (not wet; lacking water)
- (wine) dry (not sweet)
- Antonyms: lieblich, halbtrocken
- (person) dry (abstinent after having had an alcohol problem)
- (joke) dry (subtly humorous, and often mildly rude)
- dry (dull, boring)
Declension
editPositive forms of trocken
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist trocken | sie ist trocken | es ist trocken | sie sind trocken | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | trockener | trockene | trockenes | trockene |
genitive | trockenen | trockener | trockenen | trockener | |
dative | trockenem | trockener | trockenem | trockenen | |
accusative | trockenen | trockene | trockenes | trockene | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der trockene | die trockene | das trockene | die trockenen |
genitive | des trockenen | der trockenen | des trockenen | der trockenen | |
dative | dem trockenen | der trockenen | dem trockenen | den trockenen | |
accusative | den trockenen | die trockene | das trockene | die trockenen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein trockener | eine trockene | ein trockenes | (keine) trockenen |
genitive | eines trockenen | einer trockenen | eines trockenen | (keiner) trockenen | |
dative | einem trockenen | einer trockenen | einem trockenen | (keinen) trockenen | |
accusative | einen trockenen | eine trockene | ein trockenes | (keine) trockenen |
Comparative forms of trocken
Superlative forms of trocken
Hyponyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “trocken” in Duden online
- “trocken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “trocken”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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