kweken

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʋeː.kə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: kwe‧ken
• Rhymes: -eːkən

Etymology 1

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

Verb

kweken

1. (transitive) To breed animals.
2. (transitive) To grow a crop or other plants.
3. (intransitive) To breed, procreate.
4. (transitive) To develop a property.

Inflection

Inflection of kweken (weak)
infinitive	kweken
past singular	kweekte
past participle	gekweekt
infinitive	kweken
gerund	kweken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	kweek	kweekte
2nd person sing. (jij)	kweekt	kweekte
2nd person sing. (u)	kweekt	kweekte
2nd person sing. (gij)	kweekt	kweekte
3rd person singular	kweekt	kweekte
plural	kweken	kweekten
subjunctive sing.1	kweke	kweekte
subjunctive plur.1	kweken	kweekten
imperative sing.	kweek
imperative plur.1	kweekt
participles	kwekend	gekweekt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• kweekprogramma
• kweekschool
• kweeksel
• kweker
• kwekerij

Descendants

• Negerhollands: queek
• → Aukan: kweki

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kweken

1. plural of kweek

Etymology 3

Onomatopeia

Verb

kweken

1. (intransitive) To quack, make a certain bird noise.

Inflection

Inflection of kweken (weak)
infinitive	kweken
past singular	kweekte
past participle	gekweekt
infinitive	kweken
gerund	kweken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	kweek	kweekte
2nd person sing. (jij)	kweekt	kweekte
2nd person sing. (u)	kweekt	kweekte
2nd person sing. (gij)	kweekt	kweekte
3rd person singular	kweekt	kweekte
plural	kweken	kweekten
subjunctive sing.1	kweke	kweekte
subjunctive plur.1	kweken	kweekten
imperative sing.	kweek
imperative plur.1	kweekt
participles	kwekend	gekweekt
1) Archaic.