trunken

trunken

See also: Trünken

German

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German trunken, from Old High German trunkan. Originally an unprefixed past participle of trinken. Largely displaced by betrunken in the 18th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʁʊŋkn̩/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Adjective

trunken (strong nominative masculine singular trunkener, comparative trunkener, superlative am trunkensten)

  1. (dated, literary) drunk, intoxicated
    Synonym: betrunken

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • trunken”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
  • trunken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon