træffe

Danish

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
  • IPA(key): [ˈtˢʁ̥afə], [ˈtˢʁ̥ɑfə]

Verb

træffe (present træffer, past traf, past participle n truffet, c truffen, definite or plural trufne)

  1. (transitive) to meet, hook up
  2. to hit
    Pilen traf hende i knæet.
    The arrow hit her in the knee.
  3. (passive voice, intransitive) meet, see træffes

Conjugation
Inflection of træffe
present past
simple træffer traf
perfect har truffet havde truffet
passive træffes trafs
participle træffende truffet
imperative træf —
infinitive træffe —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund træffen —

References
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