duken

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duken/ [d̪u.kẽn]
  • Rhymes: -uken, -en
  • Hyphenation: du‧ken

Etymology 1

Verb

duken

  1. (Northern or archaic) Informal second-person singular feminine (hik), taking third-person singular (hura) as direct object, future indicative form of izan.
Usage notes

Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edun instead of izan.

Etymology 2

Verb

duken

  1. (Northern or archaic) Feminine allocutive form of dateke.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *dūcan.

Verb

duken

  1. to dive (go under water)
  2. to dive, to leap
  3. to duck
  4. to hide oneself

Inflection

Conjugation of duken (strong class 2)
infinitive base form duken
genitive dukens
dative dukene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular duke dôoc duke dōke
2nd person singular duucs, dukes dōocs, dōkes duucs, dukes dōkes
3rd person singular duuct, duket dôoc duke dōke
1st person plural duken dōken duken dōken
2nd person plural duuct, duket dōoct, dōket duuct, duket dōket
3rd person plural duken dōken duken dōken
imperative
singular duuc, duke
plural duuct, duket
present past
participle dukende gedōken

Descendants

  • Dutch: duiken
  • Limburgish: duke

Further reading

  • “duken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “duken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

duken m

  1. definite singular of duk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

duken m

  1. definite singular of duk

Swedish

Noun

duken

  1. definite singular of duk

Anagrams

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