laken

From Dutch laken.

laken (plural lakens)

1. sheet, bedsheet

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːkə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: la‧ken
• Rhymes: -aːkən

From Middle Dutch lāken, from Old Dutch *lakan, from Proto-Germanic *lakaną (“linen, cloth”).

laken n (plural lakens, diminutive lakentje n)

1. (uncountable) woollen broadcloth (fulled and woven fabric made of wool), very sought-after for clothing in the feudal era
2. (countable) bedsheet

• Negerhollands: laak, laeken, laken
• → Caribbean Javanese: laken
• → Papiamentu: laken, laker

From Middle Dutch lāken. Equivalent to lak +‎ -en.

laken

1. (transitive) to criticize, reproach, denounce

   De gasten van dat groezelig motel laken tevergeefs de gebrekkige hygiëne van de lakens.

   The guests in that sleazy motel denounce in vain the poor sheets hygiene.

• laakbaar

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

laken

1. plural of laak

From Old Dutch *lakan, from Proto-Germanic *lakaną.

lāken n

1. broadcloth

• Dutch: laken
• Limburgish: lake

From lac +‎ -en, from Proto-Germanic *laka-, related to *lak(k)ōn- (“to blame, reproach”), from Proto-Indo-European *lok-néh₂-. Cognate with English lack.

lāken

1. to decrease, to diminish, to become less
2. to lack, to be insufficient
3. to criticise, to denounce
4. to stain, to soil, to violate (honour or value)

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: laken

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

From Middle Low German laken.

laken n (definite singular lakenet, indefinite plural laken or lakener, definite plural lakena or lakenene)

1. a bedsheet

• hvit som et laken

laken m

1. definite singular of lake

• “laken” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

laken m

1. definite singular of lake

laken

1. definite singular of lake

• alken, ankel, enkla, kanel