Duwen = to Push, Trekken = to Pull

Duwen  = to Push

non-'t kofschip

duwen		to push
ik duw		I'm pushing
wij duwen		we're pushing
ik duwde		pushed
wij duwden		we pushed
ik heb geduwd		I have pushed

duwen	(to push)
duwen ik duw jij duwt hij duwt wij duwen jullie duwen zij duwen U duwt	(to push) (I push) (you push) (he pushes) (we push) (you push) (they push) (you push)
ik duwde jij duwde hij duwde wij duwden jullie duwden zij duwden U duwde	(I pushed) (you pushed) (he pushed) (we pushed) (you pushed) (they pushed) (you pushed)

ik heb geduwd I have pushed

U duwt 2 3 you are pushing (polite 'you')
(de) duw push
(het) duwtje 2 small push, nudge

Trekken = to Pull

trekken to pull

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trok pulled

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getrokken pulled

trekken		to pull
ik trek		I'm pulling
wij trekken		we're pulling
ik trok		I pulled
wij trokken		we pulled
ik heb getrokken		I have pulled

trekken	(to pull)
trekken ik trek jij trekt hij trekt wij trekken jullie trekken zij trekken U trekt	(to pull) (I pull) (you pull) (he pulls) (we pull) (you pull) (they pull) (you pull)
ik trok jij trok hij trok wij trokken jullie trokken zij trokken U trok	(I pulled) (you pulled) (he pulled) (we pulled) (you pulled) (they pulled) (you pulled)

ik heb getrokken I have pulled

wij trokken we pulled
'Trekken' may be related to English 'to drag'

Compound Verbs with Trekken

aantrekken 2 3 is literally 'pull towards you' or 'to attract' like in the adjective aantrekkelijk ('attractive') but it can also mean 'putting on clothes or shoes' and 'zich niets/niks aantrekken van' means 'not care, not mind, not bother about'

De stoute schoenen aantrekken 2 3 (saying) ['putting on the brave shoes'] - 'doing something bold' Trek de stoute schoenen aan 2 3 (saying) ['put on the brave shoes'] - 'be brave, do that bold thing'

Ik trek me er niks van aan 2 3 4
Ik trek me d'r niks van aan 2 3 ~It doesn't bother me, I dont't pay attention ot it, I don't care Trek je er niks van aan 2 Don't pay attention ot it, don't let it bother you, don't get upset over it Trek 't je niet aan 2 3 4 Don't get upset over it, don't pay attention to it, don't let it bother you

Zich nergens iets van aantrekken 2 3 4 5 Not be concerned about anything, just doing, 'not give a damn'

aftrekken 2 to subtract
min 2 minus
3+4-5=2 drie plus vier min vijf is twee
more calculating

De stekker d'r uit trekken 2 like in English: 'to pull the plug [from it]' - to end life support and let a very sick person die, or generally to stop support for something and let it fail

Je kunt ook een blikje opentrekken 2 3 4 You could [rip open] open a can - you could use canned

't Trekt dicht [It's pulling shut] Clouds are forming

terugtrekken - to pull back
Ze leidt een teruggetrokken bestaan 2 3 She leads a withdrawn, retiring [existence] life, she keeps to herself

vertrekken 'to depart, to leave'
(het) vertrek 2 1.'departure'
2. 'a room' (old-fashioned)

vertrekken		to depart
ik vertrek		I depart
wij vertrekken		we depart
ik vertrok		I departed
wij vertrokken		we departed
ik ben vertrokken		I have departed
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Related Words

(de) trekboer 2 South-African farmer who moved on to new land

(de) trekschuit horse-drawn barge. 17th and 18th Century Holland had a network of ship channels for those barges. It was like a railroad system

(de) trekker tractor (the English word is also often used)

(de) kurkentrekker

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