packen

See also: Packen

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German packen. Cognate with German Low German packen, Dutch pakken, Saterland Frisian pakje, West Frisian pakke, English pack.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpakən/, [ˈpakən], [ˈpakŋ̩]
  • (file)

Verb

packen (weak, third-person singular present packt, past tense packte, past participle gepackt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to pack (luggage, a bundle, etc.); to get packed
    Du musst deine Sachen packen. ― You need to pack your stuff.
    Du musst packen. ― You need to get packed.
  2. (transitive) to grab, to grip, to take
    Er packte mich am Arm. ― He grabbed me by the arm.
  3. (informal, transitive) to manage, to stand, to cope
    Ich pack das alles nich’... ― I can’t manage all of this...
  4. (slang, transitive) to take (a bus, train, etc.)
    Lass den Bus packen! ― Let’s take the bus!
  5. (regional or dated, reflexive) to beat it
    Pack dich! ― Beat it!

Conjugation

Further reading

  • “packen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “packen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “packen” in Duden online
  • “packen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From pac +‎ -en.

Verb

packen

  1. to pack

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: pakken
  • Limburgish: pakke

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

packen

  1. definite singular of packe
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