necken
See also: nécken
German
Etymology
Intensive form of nagen (“to gnaw”), with semantic shift "to gnaw → to torment → to tease".
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - IPA(key): /ˈnɛkən/, [ˈnɛkŋ]
Verb
necken (weak, third-person singular present neckt, past tense neckte, past participle geneckt, auxiliary haben)
- to tease
Conjugation
infinitive | necken | ||||
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present participle | neckend | ||||
past participle | geneckt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich necke | wir necken | i | ich necke | wir necken |
du neckst | ihr neckt | du neckest | ihr necket | ||
er neckt | sie necken | er necke | sie necken | ||
preterite | ich neckte | wir neckten | ii | ich neckte1 | wir neckten1 |
du necktest | ihr necktet | du necktest1 | ihr necktet1 | ||
er neckte | sie neckten | er neckte1 | sie neckten1 | ||
imperative | neck (du) necke (du) |
neckt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- Neckerei
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