trekk

Trekk is a Scandinavian term with several related meanings centered on pulling, drawing, and describing traits. In Norwegian Bokmål and Danish, the noun trekk generally denotes a pull or a pulling action, and it can also refer to the result of pulling or to something that can be pulled. The related verb in these languages is trekke. In everyday language, trekk may describe moving objects, the force required to move something, or the act of drawing a curtain or door.

In Norwegian, trekk also means a characteristic or feature of a person or thing. The expression et trekk ved en person is used to refer to a trait or attribute.

In engineering and physics contexts, trekk forms part of compounds such as trekkraft, referring to the pulling force or tensile stress in a material. In such technical usage, the term is common in Norwegian and Danish technical writing.

The word is of Germanic origin and has cognates across related languages, with meanings clustered around pulling, drawing, and features. In modern usage, the sense is largely determined by context and by the specific language variety (Norwegian or Danish). Trekk remains a basic term for describing mechanical action as well as qualitative attributes.