klikken
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch clicken, of imitative origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklɪ.kə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: klik‧ken
- Rhymes: -ɪkən
Verb
klikken
- (intransitive, transitive) to click
- (impersonal) to go well relationwise, to have a click
- (intransitive) to squeal on someone, to snitch
- (intransitive) to fall into place mentally (as in the penny drops)
- (obsolete, intransitive) to suffice
- (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) to knock, to make a knocking sound
Conjugation
| Conjugation of klikken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | klikken | |||
| past singular | klikte | |||
| past participle | geklikt | |||
| infinitive | klikken | |||
| gerund | klikken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | klik | klikte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | klikt, klik2 | klikte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | klikt | klikte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | klikt | klikte | ||
| 3rd person singular | klikt | klikte | ||
| plural | klikken | klikten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | klikke | klikte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | klikken | klikten | ||
| imperative sing. | klik | |||
| imperative plur.1 | klikt | |||
| participles | klikkend | geklikt | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
- aanklikken
- beklikken
- doorklikken
- dubbelklikken
- klik
- klikbaar
- kliklaminaat
- klikspaan
- verklikken
- wegklikken
Descendants
- Afrikaans: klik
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- klikket n or m
Noun
klikken m
- definite singular of klikk (Etymology 1)
Noun
klikken n or m
- definite masculine singular of klikk (Etymology 2)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
klikken m
- definite singular of klikk (Etymology 1)