tokkelen

Dutch

Etymology

A frequentive verb derived from tokken +‎ -elen (to pull, tap, tick). Cognate with West Frisian tûkelje (“to pull with little tugs”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔkələ(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔkələn

Verb

tokkelen

  1. (intransitive) to pluck strings
  2. (intransitive) to strum instruments
  3. (intransitive) to tick, tap staccato
  4. (transitive, obsolete) to tap, touch repeatedly, in various ways meanings

Conjugation

Conjugation of tokkelen (weak)
infinitive tokkelen
past singular tokkelde
past participle getokkeld
infinitive tokkelen
gerund tokkelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular tokkel tokkelde
2nd person sing. (jij) tokkelt, tokkel2 tokkelde
2nd person sing. (u) tokkelt tokkelde
2nd person sing. (gij) tokkelt tokkelde
3rd person singular tokkelt tokkelde
plural tokkelen tokkelden
subjunctive sing.1 tokkele tokkelde
subjunctive plur.1 tokkelen tokkelden
imperative sing. tokkel
imperative plur.1 tokkelt
participles tokkelend getokkeld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

adjectives
  • tokkelachtig
nouns
verbs
  • betokkelen
  • hertokkelen
  • onttokkelen

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: tokkel
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