packen

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German packen, from Proto-West Germanic *pakkō, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô (bundle, pack). Cognate with German Low German packen, Dutch pakken, Saterland Frisian pakje, West Frisian pakke, English pack.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpakən/, [ˈpakən], [ˈpakŋ̩]
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Verb

packen (weak, third-person singular present packt, past tense packte, past participle gepackt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to pack (luggage, a bundle, etc.); to get packed
    Du musst deine Sachen packen.You need to pack your stuff.
    Du musst packen.You need to get packed.
  2. (transitive) to grab, to grip, to take
    Er packte mich am Arm.He grabbed me by the arm.
  3. (informal, transitive) to manage, to stand, to cope
    Ich pack das alles nich’...I can’t manage all of this...
    Wir packen das.We've got this covered.
  4. (regional, slang, transitive) to take (a bus, train, etc.)
    Lass den Bus packen!Let’s take the bus!
  5. (regional or dated, reflexive) to beat it
    Pack dich!Beat it!

Conjugation

More information infinitive, present participle ...
infinitive packen
present participle packend
past participle gepackt
auxiliary haben
indicative subjunctive
singular plural singular plural
present ich packe wir packen i ich packe wir packen
du packst ihr packt du packest ihr packet
er packt sie packen er packe sie packen
preterite ich packte wir packten ii ich packte1 wir packten1
du packtest ihr packtet du packtest1 ihr packtet1
er packte sie packten er packte1 sie packten1
imperative pack (du)
packe (du)
packt (ihr)
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Derived terms

Further reading

  • packen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • packen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • packen” in Duden online
  • packen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From pac + -en.

Verb

packen

  1. to pack

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: pakken
  • Limburgish: pakke

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

packen

  1. definite singular of packe

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