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recken.

to stretch (one's muscles)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈʁɛkən/[ˈʁɛkŋ]
  1. to stretch (one's muscles)

    reflexive · weak
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German recken, from Old High German recchen, from Proto-West Germanic *rakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *rakjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵéyeti.

verb/ˈʁɛkən/[ˈʁɛkŋ]
  1. to retch, to gag

    Austria · colloquial · impersonal · transitive · weak
    Mich reckt es, wenn ich nur daran denke.
    Bei dem Kanalgeruch hat es jeden gereckt.
Where this word comes from

From Bavarian reckn, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hrēkijaną (“to clear one's throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *kreg- (“to caw, crow”). Cognate with English retch, Icelandic hrækja (“to hawk, spit”), Limburgish räöke (“to induce vomiting”). Also related with Rachen (“throat”).

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