schokken

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch schockelen, found only in West Germanic, possibly ultimately imitative, or otherwise from Proto-Germanic *skukkōną (“to jolt”). Also compare English shock, French choquer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsxɔ.kə(n)/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔkən

Noun

schokken

  1. plural of schok

Verb

schokken

  1. (intransitive) To shake, shiver
    Vanwege de storm en ijsvorming op het spoor schokte de passagierstrein hevig.
    Because of the storm and the formation of ice on the tracks, the passenger train shook vehemently.
  2. (transitive) To (administer a) shock physically
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To shock, disturb, startle
    Het nieuws schokte iedereen.
    The news shocked everyone.

Inflection
Inflection of schokken (weak)
infinitive schokken
past singular schokte
past participle geschokt
infinitive schokken
gerund schokken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular schokschokte
2nd person sing. (jij) schoktschokte
2nd person sing. (u) schoktschokte
2nd person sing. (gij) schoktschokte
3rd person singular schoktschokte
plural schokkenschokten
subjunctive sing.1 schokkeschokte
subjunctive plur.1 schokkenschokten
imperative sing. schok
imperative plur.1 schokt
participles schokkendgeschokt
1) Archaic.

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