Treck

German

Etymology

From Low German treck, from Middle Low German trek, from Old Low Saxon *trekan, from Proto-Germanic *trekaną, *trakjaną (“to drag, haul, scrape, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreg- (“to drag, scrape”). Cognate with English trek.

Noun
  1. The Boer migration of 1835-1837 (der Große Treck, "the great trek").
  2. A migration of refugees, such as those in Europe after the second world war.
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