treffe

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

treffe

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of treffen

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtʁɛfə]

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Verb

treffe

1. inflection of treffen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrefə/

Verb

treffe

1. to hit, to strike
2. to meet, to encounter
   • 2020, Aesop, Piter Keo, De Wollef un das Lamm (yt):

     En Wollef hod en Lamm getroff, wo sich fun seiner Häerd fererd had.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inflection

Regular

infinitive	treffe
participle	getroff
auxiliary	hon
	present indicative	imperative
ich	treffe	—
du	treffst	treff
er/sie/es	treffd	—
meer	treffe	—
deer	treffd	treffd
sie	treffe	—

The present participle is uncommonly used,
but can be made with the suffix -end.

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “treffe”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German treffen. See also Dutch treffen and English drib.

Verb

treffe (imperative treff, present tense treffer, passive treffes, simple past traff, past participle truffet, present participle treffende)

1. to hit, strike
2. to meet
3. to nail
4. to place

Derived terms

• overtreffe
• påtreffe
• trefning

References

• “treffe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• treffa

Etymology

From German treffen.

Verb

treffe (present tense treffer, past tense trefte, past participle treft, passive infinitive treffast, present participle treffande, imperative treff)

1. to hit, strike
2. to meet
3. to nail
4. to place
5. to occur unexpectedly

   Det trefte seg slik at det kom uvêr.

   It happened that a storm came in.

Derived terms

• trefning

References

• “treffe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.