checken
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʃɛkə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: chec‧ken
- Rhymes: -ɛkən
Verb
checken
- (transitive) to check (up), to inspect, examine
- Synonyms: nakijken, controleren
Conjugation
| Conjugation of checken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | checken | |||
| past singular | checkte | |||
| past participle | gecheckt | |||
| infinitive | checken | |||
| gerund | checken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | check | checkte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | checkt, check2 | checkte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | checkt | checkte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | checkt | checkte | ||
| 3rd person singular | checkt | checkte | ||
| plural | checken | checkten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | checke | checkte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | checken | checkten | ||
| imperative sing. | check | |||
| imperative plur.1 | checkt | |||
| participles | checkend | gecheckt | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
- afchecken
- inchecken
- nachecken
- uitchecken
Related terms
Related terms
Descendants
- →? Sranan Tongo: kèk
- → Caribbean Javanese: tyèg, ngetyèg
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English check + -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʃɛkən/, [ˈtʃɛkŋ̩]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: che‧cken; pre-1996: chek‧ken
Verb
checken (weak or irregular weak, third-person singular present checkt, past tense checkte, past participle gecheckt or (proscribed) gechecked, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to check (up), to inspect, examine
- Ich werde die Sache mal checken. ― I'm going to have a look at this.
- (colloquial, transitive) to grasp, understand
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:begreifen
- Ich habe gar nichts gecheckt. ― I didn't understand a thing.
- 2000, “Da Draussen”, in Fettes Brot für die Welt, performed by Fettes Brot:
- Was wir heute produzieren wird erst in Jahren dann gecheckt
- What we produce today will only be understood years later.
- (juvenile slang) to get, to procure, to obtain, to gain
- Synonym: klären
- Antonym: verchecken
- Ich hab uns ein Bier gecheckt. ― I got us a beer.
Usage notes
- The senses 2 and 3 don't exist in English check.
Conjugation
Conjugation of checken (weak or irregular weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | checken | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | checkend | ||||
| past participle | gecheckt gechecked1 | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich checke | wir checken | i | ich checke | wir checken |
| du checkst | ihr checkt | du checkest | ihr checket | ||
| er checkt | sie checken | er checke | sie checken | ||
| preterite | ich checkte | wir checkten | ii | ich checkte2 | wir checkten2 |
| du checktest | ihr checktet | du checktest2 | ihr checktet2 | ||
| er checkte | sie checkten | er checkte2 | sie checkten2 | ||
| imperative | check (du) checke (du) |
checkt (ihr) | |||
1Proscribed.
2Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of checken (weak or irregular weak, auxiliary haben)
1Proscribed.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “checken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “checken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “checken” in Duden online
- “checken” in OpenThesaurus.de
Luxembourgish
Verb
checken (third-person singular present checkt, past participle gecheckt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to check
Conjugation
| infinitive | checken | |
|---|---|---|
| participle | gecheckt | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | checken | — |
| 2nd singular | checks | check |
| 3rd singular | checkt | — |
| 1st plural | checken | — |
| 2nd plural | checkt | checkt |
| 3rd plural | checken | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
Swedish
Noun
checken
- definite singular of check