kweken
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʋeː.kə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: kwe‧ken
- Rhymes: -eːkən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch queken. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Verb
kweken
- (transitive) to breed animals
- (transitive) to grow a crop or other plants
- (intransitive) to breed, procreate
- (transitive) to develop a property
Conjugation
| Conjugation of kweken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | kweken | |||
| past singular | kweekte | |||
| past participle | gekweekt | |||
| infinitive | kweken | |||
| gerund | kweken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | kweek | kweekte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | kweekt, kweek2 | kweekte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | kweekt | kweekte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | kweekt | kweekte | ||
| 3rd person singular | kweekt | kweekte | ||
| plural | kweken | kweekten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | kweke | kweekte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | kweken | kweekten | ||
| imperative sing. | kweek | |||
| imperative plur.1 | kweekt | |||
| participles | kwekend | gekweekt | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
kweken
- plural of kweek
Etymology 3
Onomatopoeia.
Verb
kweken
- (intransitive) to quack, make a certain bird noise
Conjugation
| Conjugation of kweken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | kweken | |||
| past singular | kweekte | |||
| past participle | gekweekt | |||
| infinitive | kweken | |||
| gerund | kweken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | kweek | kweekte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | kweekt, kweek2 | kweekte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | kweekt | kweekte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | kweekt | kweekte | ||
| 3rd person singular | kweekt | kweekte | ||
| plural | kweken | kweekten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | kweke | kweekte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | kweken | kweekten | ||
| imperative sing. | kweek | |||
| imperative plur.1 | kweekt | |||
| participles | kwekend | gekweekt | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||