staken

• IPA^(key): /ˈstaː.kə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: sta‧ken
• Rhymes: -aːkən

From Middle Dutch staken, derived from stake (“thin pole”), from Old Dutch *stako, from Frankish *stakō, from Proto-Germanic *stakô.

staken

1. (intransitive) to strike, go on a strike
2. (transitive) to suspend, to cease

   Zo kondigde de ETA aan de gewapende strijd te staken als de Spaanse regering de soevereiniteit en het zelfbeschikkingsrecht van de Basken zou erkennen^(WP) — So the ETA announced that it would suspend its armed conflict if the Spanish government would recognize the sovereignty and the right to self-determination of the Basques.

3. (transitive) to support (a plant) with stakes

• staakt-het-vuren
• staker
• staking

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

staken

1. inflection of steken:
   1. plural past indicative
   2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

• kasten

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtaːkən/

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• Homophone: starken (some speakers)

17th century, from Middle Low German stāken. By surface analysis, Stake +‎ -en.

staken (weak, third-person singular present stakt, past tense stakte, past participle gestakt, auxiliary sein)

1. to propel a boat with a quant pole
   • 1966, Helge Ingstad, translated by Karl & Käthe Christiansen, Die erste Entdeckung Amerikas, Ullstein, translation of Vesterveg til Vinland (1965), page 181:

     Man muß hinaufgestakt sein, um in den vollen Genuß einer Abfahrt durch die Stromschnellen zu kommen.

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2. dated form of staksen (“to walk stiffly”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

staken

1. (dated) first/third-person plural preterite of stecken

• stake, staiken

From stake +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈstaːkən/

staken

1. To add stakes to form a defensive perimeter.
2. (rare) To demarcate (often with stakes).
3. (rare) To thrust with a stabbing weapon.

• English: stake

• “stāken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 December 2019.

staken

1. definite singular of stake

• aktens, kasten, nekats, skenat, takens, tankes