fiksen

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English fix, from Middle English fixen, borrowed from Old French *fixer, from fixe (“fastened; fixed”), from Latin fīxus (“immovable; steady; stable; fixed”), from fīgere (“to drive in; stick; fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to jab; stick; set”). Doublet of fixen and fixeren.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪksə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: fik‧sen
• Rhymes: -ɪksən

Verb

fiksen

1. (transitive) to fix, to arrange, to get done

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with fixen (“to inject drugs; to fix a game”) and fixeren (“to fixate”).

Inflection

Inflection of fiksen (weak)
infinitive	fiksen
past singular	fikste
past participle	gefikst
infinitive	fiksen
gerund	fiksen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	fiks	fikste
2nd person sing. (jij)	fikst	fikste
2nd person sing. (u)	fikst	fikste
2nd person sing. (gij)	fikst	fikste
3rd person singular	fikst	fikste
plural	fiksen	fiksten
subjunctive sing.1	fikse	fikste
subjunctive plur.1	fiksen	fiksten
imperative sing.	fiks
imperative plur.1	fikst
participles	fiksend	gefikst
1) Archaic.

Related terms

• fiks, fiksheid