רוקן

רוֹקֵן • (rokén) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction, passive counterpart רוֹקַן‎)

1. to empty (something)

רוֹקַן • (rokán) third-singular masculine past (pu'al construction, active counterpart רוֹקֵן‎)

1. to be emptied

רוקן / רֻקַּן • (rukán) third-singular masculine past (pu'al construction)

1. Alternative form of רוֹקַן‎ (rokán)

• “רוקן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁʊkn̩/

From Middle High German rucke, variant of rücke, from Old High German rucki, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz. Lack of umlaut before a velar geminate is a southern, especially south-eastern German development (compare Bavarian Ruckn, Rucka). The dialectal basis of Yiddish is East Central German with a Bavarian influence.

רוקן • (rukn) m, plural רוקנס‎ (rukns)

1. back (the rear of body)

• פּלייצע‎ (pleytse)

Probably cognate to German rücken, and also possibly rucken. From Middle High German rücken, Old High German rucchen.

רוקן • (rukn) (past participle גערוקט‎ (gerukt))

1. (imperfective, transitive) to move, slide, push
2. (imperfective) to put into the oven
3. (reflexive, intransitive) to slide, to move over
4. (reflexive, intransitive) to progress

   ‏רוקן זיך פֿון אָרט‎

   rukn zikh fun ort

   to make headway

5. (reflexive, colloquial) to be nosy
6. to turn away

• אַרונטעררוקן‎ (arunterrukn)