leken

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleː.kə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -eːkən
• Hyphenation: le‧ken

Etymology 1

Noun

leken

1. plural of leek

Etymology 2

Verb

leken

1. inflection of lijken:
   1. plural past indicative
   2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

Anagrams

• enkel

Hungarian

Etymology

le- (“down; fully”) +‎ ken (“smear”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛkɛn]
• Hyphenation: le‧ken
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Verb

leken

1. (transitive, of machinery) to grease, to lubricate
2. (transitive, of hair) to smarm (to flatten the hair, etc. with cream or grease)
3. (transitive, colloquial) to slap someone on the face

Conjugation

conjugation of leken

Click for archaic forms			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.	lekenek	lekensz	leken	lekenünk	lekentek	lekennek
		Def.	lekenem	lekened	lekeni	lekenjük	lekenitek	lekenik
		2nd-p. o.	lekenlek	―
	Past	Indef.	lekentem	lekentél	lekent	lekentünk	lekentetek	lekentek
		Def.	lekentem	lekented	lekente	lekentük	lekentétek	lekenték
		2nd-p. o.	lekentelek	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. le fog kenni.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	lekenék	lekenél	lekene	lekenénk	lekenétek	lekenének
		Def.	lekeném	lekenéd	lekené	lekenénk	lekenétek	lekenék
		2nd-p. o.	lekenélek	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. leken vala, lekent vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	lekenendek	lekenendesz	lekenend	lekenendünk	lekenendetek	lekenendenek
		Def.	lekenendem	lekenended	lekenendi	lekenendjük	lekenenditek	lekenendik
		2nd-p. o.	lekenendelek	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	lekennék	lekennél	lekenne	lekennénk	lekennétek	lekennének
		Def.	lekenném	lekennéd	lekenné	lekennénk (or lekennők)	lekennétek	lekennék
		2nd-p. o.	lekennélek	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lekent volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	lekenjek	lekenj or lekenjél	lekenjen	lekenjünk	lekenjetek	lekenjenek
		Def.	lekenjem	lekend or lekenjed	lekenje	lekenjük	lekenjétek	lekenjék
		2nd-p. o.	lekenjelek	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. lekent légyen
Infinitive	lekenni		lekennem	lekenned	lekennie	lekennünk	lekennetek	lekenniük
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	lekenés		lekenő	lekent	lekenendő	lekenve (lekenvén)		lekenet
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem ken le or le is ken.

potential conjugation of leken

Click for archaic forms			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.	lekenhetek	lekenhetsz	lekenhet	lekenhetünk	lekenhettek	lekenhetnek
		Def.	lekenhetem	lekenheted	lekenheti	lekenhetjük	lekenhetitek	lekenhetik
		2nd-p. o.	lekenhetlek	―
	Past	Indef.	lekenhettem	lekenhettél	lekenhetett	lekenhettünk	lekenhettetek	lekenhettek
		Def.	lekenhettem	lekenhetted	lekenhette	lekenhettük	lekenhettétek	lekenhették
		2nd-p. o.	lekenhettelek	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	lekenheték	lekenhetél	lekenhete	lekenheténk	lekenhetétek	lekenhetének
		Def.	lekenhetém	lekenhetéd	lekenheté	lekenheténk	lekenhetétek	lekenheték
		2nd-p. o.	lekenhetélek	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. lekenhet vala, lekenhetett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	lekenhetendek or lekenandhatok	lekenhetendesz or lekenandhatsz	lekenhetend or lekenandhat	lekenhetendünk or lekenandhatunk	lekenhetendetek or lekenandhattok	lekenhetendenek or lekenandhatnak
		Def.	lekenhetendem or lekenandhatom	lekenhetended or lekenandhatod	lekenhetendi or lekenandhatja	lekenhetendjük or lekenandhatjuk	lekenhetenditek or lekenandhatjátok	lekenhetendik or lekenandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	lekenhetendelek or lekenandhatlak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	lekenhetnék	lekenhetnél	lekenhetne	lekenhetnénk	lekenhetnétek	lekenhetnének
		Def.	lekenhetném	lekenhetnéd	lekenhetné	lekenhetnénk (or lekenhetnők)	lekenhetnétek	lekenhetnék
		2nd-p. o.	lekenhetnélek	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lekenhetett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	lekenhessek	lekenhess or lekenhessél	lekenhessen	lekenhessünk	lekenhessetek	lekenhessenek
		Def.	lekenhessem	lekenhesd or lekenhessed	lekenhesse	lekenhessük	lekenhessétek	lekenhessék
		2nd-p. o.	lekenhesselek	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. lekenhetett légyen
Inf.	(lekenhetni)		(lekenhetnem)	(lekenhetned)	(lekenhetnie)	(lekenhetnünk)	(lekenhetnetek)	(lekenhetniük)
Positive adjective			lekenhető	Neg. adj.	lekenhetetlen	Adv. part.	(lekenhetve / lekenhetvén)
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem kenhet le or le is kenhet.

Derived terms

• lekenés

 

Further reading

• leken 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

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *lekan, from Proto-West Germanic *lekan, from Proto-Germanic *lekaną.

Verb

lēken

1. to leak, to be leaky
2. to leak away, to flow away (of a liquid)

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: lekken
• Limburgish: laeke

Further reading

• “leken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “leken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (of leke) leka

Noun

leken m or f

1. definite masculine singular of leke

leken m

1. definite singular of lek

Swedish

Noun

leken

1. definite singular of lek

Anagrams

• enkel, enkle