dronk

Dronk is a Dutch word that primarily functions as the simple past tense form of the verb drinken (to drink). It denotes the act of consuming a beverage in the past and is distinct from the past participle, gedronken, which is used in perfect tenses. The term is not a separate noun in standard usage, though it appears in conjugated verb forms.

In standard Dutch, the simple past tense forms are ik dronk or ik dronk; jij dronk; hij/zij/het dronk; wij dronken; jullie dronken; zij dronken. The past participle is gedronken, used with have or have been in tenses like ik heb gedronken or we hebben gedronken. Examples: Gisteren dronk ik water. Vorige week hebben we wijn gedronken. The form drift from the verb’s stem changes in different persons, as with many irregular Dutch verbs.

The word is closely tied to the verb drinken, which belongs to the Germanic roots shared with languages such as German (trank) and English (drank) in historical forms, though Dutch uses dronk for the simple past. Gedronken is the standard past participle. In addition, the adjective form dronken can describe a state of intoxication, as in hij was dronken, though this is a separate morphological role from the past tense.

Usage notes: dronk is common in narrative past narration and reported speech. The noun beverage, drank, is a separate word with no direct bearing on the verb’s past tense forms. Overall, dronk reflects regular Dutch verb conjugation patterns for imperfective past actions of drinking.