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trinken

German, verb

trinken is a German verb meaning “to drink (to drink liquids (in bottles, glasses, etc.) by mouth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Trinken is a different word: “drinking (consumption of liquids)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “orale Aufnahme einer Flüssigkeit”.

What does trinken mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to drink (to drink liquids (in bottles, glasses, etc.) by mouth)

  2. 2

    to drink, to imbibe (to consume alcoholic beverages)

  3. 3

    to drink; to toast (engage in a salutation (of someone), accompanying the raising of glasses while drinking alcohol)

  4. 4

    to drink one's fill; to drink to satiety

noun

as Trinken
  1. 1

    neuterdrinking (consumption of liquids)

  2. 2

    neuterdrinking (alcohol abuse)

  3. 3

    colloquialneutersomething to drink, a beverage

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. orale Aufnahme einer Flüssigkeit 2. Alkohol zu sich nehmen, auch regelmäßiges Trinken im Sinne von Alkoholismus

noun: 1. der Akt des Zusichnehmens von Flüssigkeit, das Zusichnehmen von Alkohol 2. etwas, das getrunken werden kann; zum Verzehr geeignete Flüssigkeit, Getränke

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of trinken

  • trinkt present singular third-person
  • trank past
  • getrunken participle past
  • tränke past subjunctive
  • haben auxiliary
  • 3 strong
  • trinkend participle present
  • trinke first-person indicative present
  • trinkst indicative present second-person
  • trinkest second-person singular subjunctive
  • trinket plural second-person subjunctive
  • tranken first-person indicative plural
  • tränken first-person formal plural
  • trankst indicative preterite second-person
  • trankt indicative plural preterite
  • tränkest formal rare second-person
  • tränkst formal rare second-person
  • tränket formal plural rare

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to trinken

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is trinken in German?

trinken appears 58 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).