schokken

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch schockelen, found only in West Germanic, possibly ultimately imitative, or otherwise from Proto-Germanic *skukkōną (to jolt). Also compare English shock, French choquer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsxɔ.kə(n)/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔkən

Noun

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schokken

  1. plural of schok

Verb

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schokken

  1. (intransitive) to shake, shiver
    Vanwege de storm en ijsvorming op het spoor schokte de passagierstrein hevig.
    Because of the storm and the formation of ice on the tracks, the passenger train shook vehemently.
  2. (transitive) to (administer a) shock physically
  3. (figuratively, transitive) to shock, disturb, startle
    Het nieuws schokte iedereen.
    The news shocked everyone.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of schokken (weak)
infinitive schokken
past singular schokte
past participle geschokt
infinitive schokken
gerund schokken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular schok schokte
2nd person sing. (jij) schokt, schok2 schokte
2nd person sing. (u) schokt schokte
2nd person sing. (gij) schokt schokte
3rd person singular schokt schokte
plural schokken schokten
subjunctive sing.1 schokke schokte
subjunctive plur.1 schokken schokten
imperative sing. schok
imperative plur.1 schokt
participles schokkend geschokt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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