træffe
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Etymology
From German treffen (“to meet, hit”). Cognate with Danish dræbe (“to kill”). The German word was also borrowed into Norwegian Bokmål treffe and Swedish träffa.
Pronunciation
Verb
træffe (present træffer, past traf, past participle n truffet, c truffen, definite or plural trufne)
- (transitive) to meet, hook up
- to hit
- Pilen traf hende i knæet.
- The arrow hit her in the knee.
- (passive voice, intransitive) meet, see træffes
Conjugation
Inflection of træffe
References
- “træffe” in Den Danske Ordbog
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