Infinitive
drenchen; to drenchen; drenche
Participles
| Present | drenchynge; drenchende |
| Past | dreynt; drenched; ydreynt; ydrenched |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | drenche |
| 2nd sing. | drenchest |
| 3rd sing. | drencheth |
| 1st plur. | drenchen; drenche; drencheth |
| 2nd plur. | drenchen; drenche; drencheth |
| 3rd plur. | drenchen; drenche; drencheth |
Past
| 1st sing. | dreynte; drenched; drenchede |
| 2nd sing. | dreyntest; drenchedest |
| 3rd sing. | dreynte; drenched; drenchede |
| 1st plur. | dreynten; dreynte; drencheden; drenched; drenchede |
| 2nd plur. | dreynten; dreynte; drencheden; drenched; drenchede |
| 3rd plur. | dreynten; dreynte; drencheden; drenched; drenchede |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | drenche |
| 2nd sing. | drenche |
| 3rd sing. | drenche |
Past
| 1st sing. | dreynte; drenched; drenchede |
| 2nd sing. | dreynte; drenched; drenchede |
| 3rd sing. | dreynte; drenched; drenchede |
Imperative
| Singular | drenche |
| Plural | drencheth; drenche |
Verbs conjugated like drenchen
drenchen,
Etymology
From Old English drenċan and ġedrenċan, from Proto-West Germanic *drankijan, from Proto-Germanic *drankijaną (“to cause to drink, drench”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*drankijaną'.
Verbs referencing "drenchen"
English
drench.
Sample Sentences
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[…]This world, he ſeyde, in laſſe than an hour / Shal al be dreynt, ſo hidous is the ſhour. / Thus ſhal mankynde drenche, and leſe hir lyf. ([…] This world, he said, in under an hour, / will all be drowned, as the shower'll be that strong. / Thus humankind will perish and lose their lives.) [a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Miller's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 3519–3521:]
Cognates
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