træffe
Danish
[ˈtˢʁ̥afə]
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to meet
- to hit
- (passive) meet, see træffes
Etymology
Borrowed from German treffen (meet, hit) derived from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (strike, beat, hit, kill, push, slay, bump).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*drepaną
Gloss
strike, beat, hit, kill, push, slay, bump
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- treffata Finnish
- treffit Finnish
- Treff German
- antreffen German
- auf Wiedertreffen German
- betreffen German
- eintreffen German
- treffen German
- trefflich German
- triftig German
- zutreffen German
- übertreffen German
- *dhrebh- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰrebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- overtreffe Norwegian Bokmål
- påtreffe Norwegian Bokmål
- treffe Norwegian Bokmål
- trefning Norwegian Bokmål
- *drapiz Proto-Germanic
- *drepaną Proto-Germanic
- träffa Swedish
- trafiać Polish
- treffa Norwegian Nynorsk
- treffe Norwegian Nynorsk
- drepan Old English
- drepa Old Norse
- dræbe Danish
- dræber Danish
- træf Danish
- treffan Old High German
- treffen Middle High German
- *drepan Old Dutch
- drepan Old Dutch
- drepan Old Saxon
- dræpæ Old Danish