maken

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

maken

  1. (obsolete) plural simple present 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[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːkə(n)/
  • Rhymes: -aːkən
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  • Hyphenation: ma‧ken

Verb[edit]

maken

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

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of maken (weak)
infinitive maken
past singular maakte
past participle gemaakt
infinitive maken
gerund maken n
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[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

maken

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まけん

Kombio[edit]

Noun[edit]

maken

  1. woman
    Yikn ka maken wurun-el.
    You are a woman from the bush.

References[edit]

  • Henry, Joan. Kombio Grammar Essentials. Ms. 123pp. (1992).

Low German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German maken, from Old Saxon makōn, from Proto-Germanic *makōną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian moakje (“to make”), West Frisian meitsje (“to make”), Dutch maken (“to make”), English make and German machen (“to make, do”). See also Plautdietsch moaken (diphthongization before velar).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaː.kə(n)/, /ˈmæː.kə(n)/, /ˈmɑː.kə(n)/, /ˈmɒː.kə(n)/ Either the /ə/ or the /n/ may be dropped
  • (Dialects with merger of /ɒː/ and /ɔʊ̯/) IPA(key): /ˈmɔʊ̯.kə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ken

Verb[edit]

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

  1. To make.

Conjugation[edit]

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.

Related terms[edit]

Middle Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

māken

  1. to make
  2. to make, to cause to be

Inflection[edit]

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[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːkən/, /ˈmakən/

Verb[edit]

maken

  1. To make or create; to have something made.
    • 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);

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of maken (irregular weak)
infinitive (to) maken
indicative present past
1st person singular make makede, made
2nd person singular makest, makst makedest, madest
3rd person singular maketh, makeþ, makth makede, made
plural maken makeden
subjunctive present past
singular make makede, made
plural maken makede(n), made(n)
imperative present
singular make
plural makeþ, maketh
participle present past
makende, makinge (i)maked, (i)maad

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Noun[edit]

maken m

  1. definite singular of make

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

maken m

  1. definite singular of make

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

maken

  1. definite singular of make
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