drank
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: drăngk, IPA(key): /dɹæŋk/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æŋk
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation spelling of drink.
Noun edit
drank (countable and uncountable, plural dranks)
- (slang) Dextromethorphan.
- (slang) A drink, usually alcoholic.
- 2005, “Stay Fly”, in Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, Willie Hutchinson (lyrics), Most Known Unknown[1], performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG), Sony BMG:
- You leave your drink around me, believe your drank going to get drunk up.
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Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English drank, from Old English dranc, from Proto-West Germanic *drank.
Verb edit
drank
- simple past of drink
- He drank a lot last night.
- (obsolete or informal) past participle of drink
- He'd drank alcohol prior to driving off the road.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, “A Dialogue between Mr. Jones and the Barber”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VIII, page 180:
- Tho’ the Barber had drank down this Story with greedy Ears, he was not yet ſatisfied.
- 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Emma: […], volume I, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 263:
- Mr. Woodhouse was soon ready for his tea; and when he had drank his tea he was quite ready to go home; […]
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch dranc, from Old Dutch *drank, from Proto-Germanic *drankiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrenǵ- (“to pull; draw; sip”); compare German Trank (“drink; potion”).
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Noun edit
drank m (plural dranken, diminutive drankje n)
- (countable, uncountable) beverage, drink
- (uncountable) alcoholic drinks
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North Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian drinka, which derives from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną. Cognates include Mooring North Frisian drainke and West Frisian drinke.
Verb edit
drank
- (Föhr-Amrum) to drink
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of drank
infinitive I | drank | |
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infinitive II | tu dranken | |
past participle | dronken | |
imperative singular | drank | |
imperative plural | drank'em | |
present | past | |
1st-person singular | ik drank | ik droonk |
2nd-person singular | dü drankst | dü droonkst |
3rd-person singular | hi/hat/at drankt | hi/hat/at droonk |
1st-person dual | wat drank | wat droonk |
2nd-person dual | jat drank | jat droonk |
1st-person plural | wi drank | wi droonk |
2nd-person plural | jam drank | jam droonk |
3rd-person plural | jo drank | jo droonk |
perfect | pluperfect | |
1st-person singular | ik haa dronken | ik hed dronken |
2nd-person singular | dü heest dronken | dü hedst dronken |
3rd-person singular | hi/hat/at hee dronken | hi/hat/at hed dronken |
1st-person dual | wat haa dronken | wat hed dronken |
2nd-person dual | jat haa dronken | jat hed dronken |
1st-person plural | wi haa dronken | wi hed dronken |
2nd-person plural | jam haa dronken | jam hed dronken |
3rd-person plural | jo haa dronken | jo hed dronken |
future (skel) | future (wel) | |
1st-person singular | ik skal drank | ik wal drank |
2nd-person singular | dü skääl drank | dü wääl drank |
3rd-person singular | hi/hat/at skal drank | hi/hat/at wal drank |
1st-person dual | wat skel drank | wat wel drank |
2nd-person dual | jat skel drank | jat wel drank |
1st-person plural | wi skel drank | wi wel drank |
2nd-person plural | jam skel drank | jam wel drank |
3rd-person plural | jo skel drank | jo wel drank |