staken

• IPA^(key): /ˈstaː.kə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: sta‧ken
• Rhymes: -aːkən

From Middle Dutch staken. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

staken

1. (intransitive) to strike, go on a strike
2. (transitive) to suspend, to cease

   Zo kondigde de ETA aan de gewapende strijd te staken als de Spaanse regering de soevereiniteit en het zelfbeschikkingsrecht van de Basken zou erkennen — So the ETA announced that it would suspend its armed conflict if the Spanish government would recognize the sovereignty and the right to self-determination of the Basques.

3. (transitive) to support (a plant) with stakes

• staakt-het-vuren
• staker
• staking

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

staken

1. inflection of steken:
   1. plural past indicative
   2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

• kasten

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staken

1. first/third-person plural preterite of stecken

• stake, staiken

From stake +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈstaːkən/

staken

1. To add stakes to form a defensive perimeter.
2. (rare) To demarcate (often with stakes).
3. (rare) To thrust with a stabbing weapon.

• English: stake

• “stāken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-12-02.

staken

1. definite singular of stake

• aktens, kasten, nekats, skenat, takens, tankes