weken

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eːkən

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *wēken, from Proto-Germanic *waikwijanan.

[edit] Verb

weken (weak in -t)

(archaic, transitive) To soften.
(transitive) To soak.
(intransitive) To be soaking oneself.

[edit] Conjugation

Conjugation of weken

infinitive	weken
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	week	weekte
2nd person singular	weekt	weekte
3rd person singular	weekt	weekte
plural	weken	weekten

subjunctive sing.¹	weke	weekte
subjunctive plur.¹	weken	weekten

imperative sing.	week
imperative plur.¹	weekt

participles	wekend	(hebben/zijn) geweekt
¹⁾ Archaic.

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Noun

weken

Plural form of week.

[edit] Etymology 3

[edit] Verb

weken

plural past indicative and subjunctive of wijken.

[edit] Anagrams

wenke

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