verb · intransitive · rare

drunken

drunk·en

drunken · drunkens · drunkened · drunkening

To make or become drunk or drunkenTo make or become drunk or drunken; to intoxicate.

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/ˈdɹʌŋkən/

» He was arrested for drunken driving.

Er wurde wegen Trunkenheit am Steuer festgenommen.

Його заарештували за водіння у нетверезому стані.

Meaning

1 senses

To make or become drunk or drunken; to intoxicate.

Examples

74 sentences

He was arrested for drunken driving.
Його заарештували за водіння у нетверезому стані. — deniko
deEr wurde wegen Trunkenheit am Steuer festgenommen. — wolfgangth
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The policeman arrested him for drunken driving.
Поліцейський заарештував його за водіння у стані алкогольного сп'яніння. — deniko
ruПолицейский арестовал его за вождение в пьяном виде. — sharptoothed
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A drunken man was sleeping on the bench.
П'яний чоловік спав на лавці. — mkazarian
ruНа скамейке спал пьяный. — MikaM
deEin Betrunkener schlief auf der Bank ausgestreckt. — Hans_Adler
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The drunken man couldn't walk straight.
ruПьяный мужчина не мог идти прямо. — odexed
deDer Betrunkene konnte nicht geradeaus laufen. — Tamy
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He was punished for drunken driving.
ruЕго наказали за вождение в нетрезвом виде. — corvard
deEr wurde für Trunkenheit am Steuer bestraft. — xtofu80
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Origin

From Middle English dronknen, drunkenen, drunknen, from Old English druncnian (“to drown;

From Middle English dronknen, drunkenen, drunknen, from Old English druncnian (“to drown; get drunk”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanōną (“to get drunk”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz (“drunk; intoxicated”). Cognate with Norwegian drukne, drukna, Icelandic drukna.

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Forms

drunkens, drunkening, drunkened, drunkened

Base form	drunken · to drunken
3rd person singular	drunkens
Present participle	drunkening
Past simple	drunkened
Past participle	drunkened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	drunken
he, she, it	drunkens

Past simpleLesson

all persons

drunkened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have drunkened
he, she, it	has drunkened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will drunken

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

Collocations

4 patterns

drunken driving
for drunken driving
arrested for drunken
of drunken driving