koken

See also: Koken, kōken, and köken

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 後見(こうけん) (kōken, “a staff in noh and kabuki”).

Noun

koken (plural kokens)

1. (theater) A black-clad person who enters the stage to rearrange the set, unremarked by the actors
   • 1988 July 8, Diana Spinrad, “Tango; Chicago Young Playwrights Festival”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     McAllister uses the Japanese device of the koken for changing scenes, distributing props, and creating furniture.

Anagrams

• Knoke

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cōken, from Old Dutch *kokon, from Proto-West Germanic *kokōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoː.kə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ko‧ken
• Rhymes: -oːkən

Verb

koken

1. (ambitransitive) to cook, boil
2. (intransitive, figuratively) to seethe, boil with anger

Conjugation

Conjugation of koken (weak)
infinitive	koken
past singular	kookte
past participle	gekookt
infinitive	koken
gerund	koken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	kook	kookte
2nd person sing. (jij)	kookt, kook2	kookte
2nd person sing. (u)	kookt	kookte
2nd person sing. (gij)	kookt	kookte
3rd person singular	kookt	kookte
plural	koken	kookten
subjunctive sing.1	koke	kookte
subjunctive plur.1	koken	kookten
imperative sing.	kook
imperative plur.1	kookt
participles	kokend	gekookt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

adjectives

• roodkokend

nouns

• koker
• kookboek
• kookeiland
• kookkunst
• kookplaat
• kookpunt

verbs

• afkoken
• bekoken
• dichtkoken
• dooreenkoken
• doorkoken
• droogkoken
• hardkoken
• herkoken
• inkoken
• kapotkoken
• meekoken
• nakoken
• ondereenkoken
• onderkoken
• ontkoken
• openkoken
• opkoken
• overkoken
• samenkoken
• stukkoken
• uitkoken
• vastkoken
• verkoken
• volkoken
• voorkoken
• voortkoken
• wegkoken

Related terms

• keuken

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kook
• Berbice Creole Dutch: koki
• Jersey Dutch: kôke
• Negerhollands: kook, kok, kuk
• → Saramaccan: akòkí

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French coquin (“scoundrel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kokɛ̃n/

Noun

koken

1. swindler, crook, scoundrel

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[2], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 95

Japanese

Romanization

koken

1. Rōmaji transcription of こけん