reiken

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch reiken, from Old Dutch *reiken, from Proto-West Germanic *raikijan, from Proto-Germanic *raikijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛi̯kə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: rei‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯kən
  • Homophone: rijken

Verb

reiken

  1. (intransitive) to reach, to extend out, to stretch

Conjugation

Conjugation of reiken (weak)
infinitive reiken
past singular reikte
past participle gereikt
infinitive reiken
gerund reiken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular reik reikte
2nd person sing. (jij) reikt, reik2 reikte
2nd person sing. (u) reikt reikte
2nd person sing. (gij) reikt reikte
3rd person singular reikt reikte
plural reiken reikten
subjunctive sing.1 reike reikte
subjunctive plur.1 reiken reikten
imperative sing. reik
imperative plur.1 reikt
participles reikend gereikt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *reiken, from Proto-West Germanic *raikijan, from Proto-Germanic *raikijaną.

Verb

reiken

  1. to stretch
  2. to reach, to stretch the arm (to something)
  3. to hand
  4. to bring out, to produce

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Dutch: reiken

Further reading

  • “reiken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “reiken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.