zerren

German

Etymology

From Middle High German zerren, from Old High German zerren, from Proto-Germanic *tarjaną, and hence a doublet of German zehren. The geminated -rr- is irregular and probably intensive (compare the same in Middle Low German terren, Middle Dutch terren, both alongside tēren).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtsɛrən/, [ˈtsɛʁən], [tsɛɐ̯n]
  • (file)
  • Homophone: zehren (by the monosyllabic pronunciation)

Verb

zerren (third-person singular simple present zerrt, past tense zerrte, past participle gezerrt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to tug
  2. to drag

Conjugation

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.