maken

See also: måken

English

Etymology

From Middle English maken, equivalent to make +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪkən

Verb

maken

1. (obsolete) plural simple present form of make
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Book XXI:

     & somme englysshe bookes maken mencyon that they wente neuer oute of englond after the deth of syr Launcelot / but that was but fauour of makers

   • 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender

     They maken many a wrong chevisaunce,

   • 1606, Nathaniel Baxter, Sir Philip Sydneys Ourania, that is, Endimions Song and Tragedie, containing all Philosophie

     All these Starres maken one hundred and eight,

     Bright and conspicuous without deceite.

Anagrams

• Ekman, Kamen, Manke

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch maken, from Old Dutch *makon, macon, from Proto-Germanic *makōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːkə(n)/
• Rhymes: -aːkən

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• Hyphenation: ma‧ken

Verb

maken

1. (transitive) to make
2. (transitive) to fix, to repair, to mend
3. (transitive) to take (a photo)

Inflection

Inflection of maken (weak)
infinitive	maken
past singular	maakte
past participle	gemaakt
infinitive	maken
gerund	maken n
verbal noun	—
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	maak	maakte
2nd person sing. (jij)	maakt	maakte
2nd person sing. (u)	maakt	maakte
2nd person sing. (gij)	maakt	maakte
3rd person singular	maakt	maakte
plural	maken	maakten
subjunctive sing.1	make	maakte
subjunctive plur.1	maken	maakten
imperative sing.	maak
imperative plur.1	maakt
participles	makend	gemaakt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• aanmaken
• afmaken
• bekendmaken
• buitmaken
• losmaken
• overmaken
• vastmaken
• vrijmaken
• handgemaakt

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Japanese

Romanization

maken

1. Rōmaji transcription of まけん

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Low German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.kə(n)/, /ˈmæː.kə(n)/, /ˈmɑː.kə(n)/, /ˈmɒː.kə(n)/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ken

Verb

maken (past singular möök or makt, past participle makt or maakt, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. To make.

Conjugation

Conjugation of maken (irregular past forms)

infinitive	maken
indicative	present	preterite
1st person singular	maak	möök
2nd person singular	maaks(t)	mööks(t)
3rd person singular	maak(t)	möök
plural	maakt, maaken	möken
imperative	present	—
singular	maak(e)
plural	maakt
participle	present	past
	maken	(e)maakt, gemaakt
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Conjugation of maken (regular past forms)

infinitive	maken
indicative	present	preterite
1st person singular	maak	maak
2nd person singular	maaks(t)	maaks(t)
3rd person singular	maak(t)	maak
plural	maakt, maaken	maken
imperative	present	—
singular	maak(e)
plural	maakt
participle	present	past
	maken	(e)maakt, gemaakt
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch makon, macon, from Proto-Germanic *makōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːkən/

Verb

māken

1. to make
2. to make, to cause to be
   • 1249, Schepenbrief van Bochoute, Velzeke, eastern Flanders:

     Si maken bekent die nu sien ende wesen selen

     They make known to those who are now and will be

Inflection

Weak
Infinitive	māken
3rd sg. past	—
3rd pl. past	—
Past participle	—
Infinitive	māken
In genitive	mākens
In dative	mākene
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	māke	—
2nd singular	māecs, mākes	—
3rd singular	māect, māket	—
1st plural	māken	—
2nd plural	māect, māket	—
3rd plural	māken	—
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	māke	—
2nd singular	māecs, mākes	—
3rd singular	māke	—
1st plural	māken	—
2nd plural	māect, māket	—
3rd plural	māken	—
Imperative	Present
Singular	māec, māke
Plural	māect, māket
	Present	Past
Participle	mākende	—

Descendants

• Dutch: maken
  • Afrikaans: maak
• Limburgish: make
• → Old Picard: makier, maquier
  • → Middle French: maquier, macquiller
    • French: maquiller
      • → Dutch: maquilleren

Further readin

• “maken (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “maken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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Middle English

Etymology

From Old English macian, from Proto-Germanic *makōną.

Verb

maken

1. to make
   • 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 9-11.

     And smale foweles maken melodye,

     That slepen al the nyght with open eye-

     (So priketh hem Nature in hir corages);

Descendants

• Scots: mak
• English: make

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

maken m

1. definite singular of make

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

maken m

1. definite singular of make

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Swedish

Noun

maken

1. definite singular of make