knikken
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch cnicken; related to neigen (“to bend, turn”) and German nicken (“to nod”), itself from neigen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈknɪ.kə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: knik‧ken
- Rhymes: -ɪkən
Inflection
| Conjugation of knikken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | knikken | |||
| past singular | knikte | |||
| past participle | geknikt | |||
| infinitive | knikken | |||
| gerund | knikken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | knik | knikte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | knikt | knikte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | knikt | knikte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | knikt | knikte | ||
| 3rd person singular | knikt | knikte | ||
| plural | knikken | knikten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | knikke | knikte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | knikken | knikten | ||
| imperative sing. | knik | |||
| imperative plur.1 | knikt | |||
| participles | knikkend | geknikt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
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Further reading
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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