dræbe

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish dræpæ, from Old Norse drepa, from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to hit, strike”). Compare Norwegian Bokmål drepe and Swedish dräpa. Also cognate with German treffen (“to meet, hit”), whence Danish træffe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈd̥ʁɛːb̥ə]

Verb

dræbe (imperative dræb, infinitive at dræbe, present tense dræber, past tense dræbte, perfect tense har dræbt)

to kill

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