weken

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋeː.kə(n)/
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  • Rhymes: -eːkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wêken, from Old Dutch *wēken, from Proto-Germanic *waikwijaną.

Verb

weken

  1. (archaic, transitive) To soften.
  2. (transitive) To soak.
  3. (intransitive) To be soaking oneself.
Inflection
Inflection of weken (weak)
infinitive weken
past singular weekte
past participle geweekt
infinitive weken
gerund weken n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular weekweekte
2nd person sing. (jij) weektweekte
2nd person sing. (u) weektweekte
2nd person sing. (gij) weektweekte
3rd person singular weektweekte
plural wekenweekten
subjunctive sing.1 wekeweekte
subjunctive plur.1 wekenweekten
imperative sing. week
imperative plur.1 weekt
participles wekendgeweekt
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
  • doorweken
  • inweken
  • verweken
  • z'n boontjes te weken leggen

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Noun

weken

  1. Plural form of week

Verb

weken

  1. plural past indicative and subjunctive of wijken

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *wēken, from Proto-Germanic *waikwijaną.

Verb

wêken

  1. to soften, to make/become soft (generally through soaking)

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

  • weiken

Descendants

Further reading

  • “weken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “weken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle English

Noun

weken

  1. plural of weke (“week”)
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