fokje
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Noun
fokje n (plural fokjes)
- diminutive of fok
West Frisian
Etymology 1
Related to Dutch fokken, from Middle Dutch focken, vocken, possibly of Scandinavian origin (compare Norwegian fukka, Swedish fokka), which, if true, would be derived from Proto-Germanic *fukkōną (“to strike, to assail, to copulate”). Likely related to English fuck or German ficken.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔkjə/
Verb
fokje
- (transitive) to breed (animals)
- (intransitive) to breed, beget, bring forth
Conjugation
| Weak class 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | fokje | |||
| 3rd singular past | foke | |||
| past participle | foke | |||
| infinitive | fokje | |||
| long infinitive | fokjen | |||
| gerund | fokjen n | |||
| auxiliary | hawwe | |||
| indicative | present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st singular | fokje | foke | ||
| 2nd singular | fokest | fokest | ||
| clitic form | fokesto | fokesto | ||
| 3rd singular | foket | foke | ||
| plural | fokje | foken | ||
| imperative | fokje | |||
| participles | fokjend | foke | ||
Noun
fokje c (plural fokjen)
Derived terms
- bargefokker c (“pig breeder”)
- feefokken (“to breed cattle”)
- oanfokje (“to rear, to raise”)
- opfokje (“to bring to maturity (of cattle), to educate”)
- trochfuorje (“to continually feed, to feed someone the same thing so much that they get sick of it (figurative)”)
Further reading
- “fokje”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2
Verbalization of fok (“foresail”). Compare Dutch fok (“foresail”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔkjə/
Verb
fokje
- to hoist a foresail; hoist the jib
- (figurative) to wear glasses
- (figurative) to lead uphill
- 1952, J.B. Singelsma:
- It lân fokket, loopt in een punt uit.
- The land goes up uphill, stretching out to a point.
Further reading
- “fokje”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011