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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German packen, from Old Saxon *pakko, from Proto-West Germanic *pakkō, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô (“bundle, pack”).
Cognate with German Low German packen, Dutch pakken, Saterland Frisian pakje, West Frisian pakke, English pack.
Pronunciation
Verb
packen (weak, third-person singular present packt, past tense packte, past participle gepackt, auxiliary haben)
- (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.
- (transitive) to grab, to grip, to take
- Er packte mich am Arm. ― He grabbed me by the arm.
- (informal, transitive) to manage, to stand, to cope
- Ich pack das alles nich’... ― I can’t manage all of this...
- Wir packen das. ― We've got this covered.
- (regional, slang, transitive) to take (a bus, train, etc.)
- Lass den Bus packen! ― Let’s take the bus!
- (regional or dated, reflexive) to beat it
- Pack dich! ― Beat it!
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
Further reading
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Middle Dutch
Etymology
From pac + -en, from Old Dutch *pakko, from Proto-West Germanic *pakkō, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô.
Verb
packen
- to pack
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “packen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Swedish
Noun
packen
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