kiken

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkikɛn]
• Hyphenation: ki‧ken
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Etymology 1

ki- (“out; fully”) +‎ ken (“smear”)

Verb

kiken

1. (transitive) to grease

Conjugation

conjugation of kiken

			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	kikenek	kikensz	kiken	kikenünk	kikentek	kikennek
		Def.	kikenem	kikened	kikeni	kikenjük	kikenitek	kikenik
		2nd-p. o.	kikenlek	―
	Past	Indef.	kikentem	kikentél	kikent	kikentünk	kikentetek	kikentek
		Def.	kikentem	kikented	kikente	kikentük	kikentétek	kikenték
		2nd-p. o.	kikentelek	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	kikennék	kikennél	kikenne	kikennénk	kikennétek	kikennének
		Def.	kikenném	kikennéd	kikenné	kikennénk (or kikennők)	kikennétek	kikennék
		2nd-p. o.	kikennélek	―
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	kikenjek	kikenj or kikenjél	kikenjen	kikenjünk	kikenjetek	kikenjenek
		Def.	kikenjem	kikend or kikenjed	kikenje	kikenjük	kikenjétek	kikenjék
		2nd-p. o.	kikenjelek	―
Infinitive	kikenni		kikennem	kikenned	kikennie	kikennünk	kikennetek	kikenniük
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
			kikenés	kikenő	kikent	kikenendő	kikenve	kikenhet

Etymology 2

ki +‎ -k +‎ -en

Pronoun

kiken

1. superessive plural of ki

Further reading

• kiken in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Japanese

Romanization

kiken

1. Rōmaji transcription of きけん

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *kīkan, from Proto-West Germanic *kīkan (“to look, peep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiːkən/

Verb

kiken

1. to look, to direct the eyes

Inflection

Strong class 1
Infinitive	kiken
3rd sg. past	kêec
3rd pl. past	kēken
Past participle	gekēken
Infinitive	kiken
In genitive	kikens
In dative	kikene
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	kike	kêec
2nd singular	kijcs, kikes	kēecs, kēkes
3rd singular	kijct, kiket	kêec
1st plural	kiken	kēken
2nd plural	kijct, kiket	kēect, kēket
3rd plural	kiken	kēken
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	kike	kēke
2nd singular	kijcs, kikes	kēkes
3rd singular	kike	kēke
1st plural	kiken	kēken
2nd plural	kijct, kiket	kēket
3rd plural	kiken	kēken
Imperative	Present
Singular	kijc, kike
Plural	kijct, kiket
	Present	Past
Participle	kikende	gekēken

Descendants

• Dutch: kijken
  • Afrikaans: kyk
• Limburgish: kieke

Further reading

• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “kiken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN