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

• kunde