tränken

B2

to soak / saturate / drench

English meaning
to soak / saturate / drench
Vocabulary package
Cooking & Preparing Food

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tränken in a sentence

Das Brot wird in Milch getränkt.

The bread is soaked in milk.

Conjugation of tränken

ichtränke
dutränkst
er/sie/estränkt
wirtränken
ihrtränkt
sie/Sietränken
Simple past (er/sie/es)
tränkte
Perfect
hat getränkt

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Where tränken comes from

Erbwort von mittelhochdeutsch trenken, zu althochdeutsch trenkan, einem Kausativ zu trinken im Sinne von „trinken machen“

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Questions about tränken

How do you conjugate tränken?

Present tense: tränke, tränkst, tränkt, tränken, tränkt, tränken. Simple past: tränkte. Perfect: hat getränkt.

What does tränken mean in English?

tränken means "to soak / saturate / drench". For example: "Das Brot wird in Milch getränkt." — "The bread is soaked in milk."

What level is tränken in German?

tränken is a B2 word — b2 — upper-intermediate. It belongs to the cooking & preparing food vocabulary.

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