slaken

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English

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Verb

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slaken

  1. Obsolete spelling of slacken.
    • 1914, Charles Warren Stoddard, Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska[1]:
      I was glad when we were very politely invited to get out of the train and walk a plank over a puddle that for a moment submerged the track; glad when we were advised to foot it over a trestle-bridge that sagged in the swift current of a swollen stream; and gladder still when our locomotive began to puff and blow and slaken its pace as we climbed up into the mouth of a ravine fragrant with the warm scents of summer--albeit we could boast but a solitary brace of cars, and these small ones, and not overcrowded at that.
    • 1901, Charles Kingsley, Two Years Ago, Volume I[2]:
      And so she swept in, with her arm round Lucia's waist; while Elsley stood looking after her, well enough satisfied with her reception of him, and only hoping that the stream of words would slaken after a while. "

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch slaken.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈslaː.kə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: sla‧ken
  • Rhymes: -aːkən

Verb

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slaken

  1. to utter (a sound, word or cry), especially a sigh; to heave; to fetch

Conjugation

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Conjugation of slaken (weak)
infinitive slaken
past singular slaakte
past participle geslaakt
infinitive slaken
gerund slaken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular slaak slaakte
2nd person sing. (jij) slaakt, slaak2 slaakte
2nd person sing. (u) slaakt slaakte
2nd person sing. (gij) slaakt slaakte
3rd person singular slaakt slaakte
plural slaken slaakten
subjunctive sing.1 slake slaakte
subjunctive plur.1 slaken slaakten
imperative sing. slaak
imperative plur.1 slaakt
participles slakend geslaakt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.