balken

See also: Balken

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑlkə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: bal‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɑlkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch balken, belken, also bulken, probably onomatopoeic. Similar formations are found in German bölken (from Middle Low German), West Frisian balkje, English belch.

Verb

balken

  1. (intransitive) to bray, make a donkey's sound
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to utter asinine talk
  3. (intransitive) to bawl, cry, weep loudly
  4. (intransitive) to belt, sing loudly
Conjugation
Conjugation of balken (weak)
infinitive balken
past singular balkte
past participle gebalkt
infinitive balken
gerund balken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular balk balkte
2nd person sing. (jij) balkt, balk2 balkte
2nd person sing. (u) balkt balkte
2nd person sing. (gij) balkt balkte
3rd person singular balkt balkte
plural balken balkten
subjunctive sing.1 balke balkte
subjunctive plur.1 balken balkten
imperative sing. balk
imperative plur.1 balkt
participles balkend gebalkt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

balken

  1. plural of balk

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology

From balke.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbalkən/

Verb

balken

  1. to leave an unplowed ridge between furrows.
  2. to omit or neglect.

Conjugation

Conjugation of balken (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) balken, balke
present tense past tense
1st-person singular balke balked
2nd-person singular balkest balkedest
3rd-person singular balketh balked
subjunctive singular balke
imperative singular
plural1 balken, balke balkeden, balkede
imperative plural balketh, balke
participles balkynge, balkende balked, ybalked

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: balk
  • Yola: balke

References

Swedish

Noun

balken

  1. definite singular of balk