fiksen

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English fix, from Middle English fixen, borrowed from Old French *fixer, from fixe (“fastened; fixed”), from Latin fīxus (“immovable; steady; stable; fixed”), from fīgere (“to drive in; stick; fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to jab; stick; set”). Doublet with Dutch fixen and fixeren.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪksə(n)/

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Verb

fiksen

1. (transitive) to fix, to arrange, to get done

Usage notes

Not to be confused [1] with fixen (to inject drugs; to fix a game) and fixeren (to fixate).

Inflection

Conjugation of fiksen (weak)
infinitive	fiksen
past singular	fikste
past participle	gefikst
infinitive	fiksen
gerund	fiksen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	fiks	fikste
2nd person sing. (jij)	fikst, fiks2	fikste
2nd person sing. (u)	fikst	fikste
2nd person sing. (gij)	fikst	fikste
3rd person singular	fikst	fikste
plural	fiksen	fiksten
subjunctive sing.1	fikse	fikste
subjunctive plur.1	fiksen	fiksten
imperative sing.	fiks
imperative plur.1	fikst
participles	fiksend	gefikst
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Related terms

• fiks, fiksheid