perken

English

Etymology

From perk +‎ -en.

Verb

perken (third-person singular simple present perkens, present participle perkening, simple past and past participle perkened)

1. (transitive, intransitive, nonstandard) To make or become perked or perky.
   • 2001, Allan Gurganus, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, page 599:

     Us perkened so, staring at each other, not rightly knowing one the other—such a goodly percentage of familiar skin now been quenched back of hiding cloth.

   • 2009, Mariella Glenn Hartsfield, Tall Betsy and Dunce Baby, page 72:

     She saw him and kind of perkened up [perked up] her gait a little bit.

   • 2011, Lynn Coady, Mean Boy:

     But Lawrence,” he adds, perkening, “I hope you were planning to take my Elizabethan poets course next year?”

Synonyms

• perk

Anagrams

• Kepner

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛr.kə(n)/
• Hyphenation: per‧ken
• Rhymes: -ɛrkən

Etymology 1

From perk +‎ -en.

Verb

perken

1. (transitive) to enclose, to keep in check with fencing
2. (transitive) to close off with barriers

Inflection

Inflection of perken (weak)
infinitive	perken
past singular	perkte
past participle	geperkt
infinitive	perken
gerund	perken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	perk	perkte
2nd person sing. (jij)	perkt	perkte
2nd person sing. (u)	perkt	perkte
2nd person sing. (gij)	perkt	perkte
3rd person singular	perkt	perkte
plural	perken	perkten
subjunctive sing.1	perke	perkte
subjunctive plur.1	perken	perkten
imperative sing.	perk
imperative plur.1	perkt
participles	perkend	geperkt
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

perken

1. plural of perk