duken

Basque

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /duken/ [d̪u.kẽn]
  • Rhymes: -uken
  • Hyphenation: du‧ken

Verb

duken

  1. (Northern or archaic) Informal second-person singular feminine (hik), taking third-person singular (hura) as direct object, future indicative form of izan.
  2. (Northern or archaic) Feminine allocutive form of dateke.

Usage notes

Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edun instead of izan.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *dūcan.

Verb

duken

  1. to dive (go under water)
  2. to dive, to leap
  3. to duck
  4. to hide oneself

Inflection
Strong class 2
Infinitive duken
3rd sg. past dôoc
3rd pl. past dōken
Past participle gedōken
Infinitive duken
In genitive dukens
In dative dukene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular duke dôoc
2nd singular duucs, dukes dōocs, dōkes
3rd singular duuct, duket dôoc
1st plural duken dōken
2nd plural duuct, duket dōoct, dōket
3rd plural duken dōken
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular duke dōke
2nd singular duucs, dukes dōkes
3rd singular duke dōke
1st plural duken dōken
2nd plural duuct, duket dōket
3rd plural duken dōken
Imperative Present
Singular duuc, duke
Plural duuct, duket
Present Past
Participle dukende gedōken

Descendants
  • Dutch: duiken
  • Limburgish: duke

Further reading
  • “duken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “duken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

duken m

  1. definite singular of duk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

duken m

  1. definite singular of duk

Swedish

Noun

duken

  1. definite singular of duk

Anagrams
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