schrikken
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsxrɪkə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: schrik‧ken
- Rhymes: -ɪkən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch schricken, from Old Dutch *skrikken, from Proto-Germanic *skrikjaną; the ultimate origin is uncertain, possibly related to *skeraną (“to shear”) or *skrīaną (“to scream”).[1] Also compare Old Norse skaga (“to jut out”).
Verb
schrikken
- (intransitive) to be startled, to get a scare
- Niet schrikken!
- Don't be startled!
- (transitive) to quench (cool rapidly by immersion)
Conjugation
| Conjugation of schrikken (strong class 3a) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | schrikken | |||
| past singular | schrok | |||
| past participle | geschrokken | |||
| infinitive | schrikken | |||
| gerund | schrikken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | schrik | schrok | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | schrikt, schrik2 | schrok | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | schrikt | schrok | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | schrikt | schrokt | ||
| 3rd person singular | schrikt | schrok | ||
| plural | schrikken | schrokken | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | schrikke | schrokke | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | schrikken | schrokken | ||
| imperative sing. | schrik | |||
| imperative plur.1 | schrikt | |||
| participles | schrikkend | geschrokken | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: skrik
- Berbice Creole Dutch: skreki, skriki
- Negerhollands: skrek, skrik
- → Aukan: sikeleki
- → Sranan Tongo: skreki
See also
References
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “schreken”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
schrikken
- plural of schrik