antrinken
/ˈanˌtrɪŋkən/ verb C2- to get drunk or tipsy, especially as a purposeful action · Wenn ich hier Spaß haben soll, muss ich mir ganz schön einen antrinken. If I’m supposed to have fun in this place, I’ll have to get pretty drunk.
- to obtain some quality by getting drunk, for example courage · Um so eine anzusprechen, müsste ich mir so viel Mut antrinken, dass ich vorher umfallen würde. In order to approach a woman like that, I’d have to get so much Dutch courage that I’d pass out before I could.
- to try to overcome something by getting drunk · Gegen meinen Liebeskummer anzutrinken, hat zwar ganz gut funktioniert, wurde aber auf die Dauer zu teuer. Trying to drink away my broken heart actually worked out pretty well, but in the long run it got too expensive.
- to start drinking something; to have a first portion of something · Während wir warten, können wir ja schon mal den Wein antrinken. While we’re waiting, we might as well have our first glasses of the wine.
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- antrinken
- Present (er)
- trinkt an
- Präteritum (er)
- trank an
- Perfekt (er)
- hat angetrunken
- Infinitive with zu
- anzutrinken
A strong or irregular verb: its stem changes in some forms, so learn its main forms by heart.
Learn antrinken in real texts
With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.