trenzen

• trensen

From Middle High German trehenen, trehenen, according to Duden, ultimately formed from the root of Träne (“tear”), presumably with the connection being to crying.[1] However, compare Dutch drenzen (“to moan”), which rather goes back to Proto-West Germanic *drānu (“drone”).[2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʁɛnt͡sən/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnt͡sən

trenzen (weak, third-person singular present trenzt, past tense trenzte, past participle getrenzt, auxiliary haben)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) to breathe in heavy sequence

   Synonyms: ächzen, stöhnen, seufzen, schnauben

2. (hunting) said of deer, to make a sequence not particularly loud broken tones

   Synonyms: orgeln, röhren, schreien, schmälen, schelten

3. (Austria, Bavaria) to sob, to weep
4. (Austria, Bavaria) to salivate, to drool

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• “trenzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “trenzen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “trenzen” in Duden online
• “trenzen”, in Ostarrichi, 2007