maken

See also: måken

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪkən

Verb

maken

1. (obsolete) plural simple present of make
   • 1542, Eraſmus of Roterodame, “The Saiynges of Alexander the Greate”, in Nicolas Vdall, transl., Apothegmes […] ‎^[1], page 197:

     And emõges his familiares theſe wordes folowyng were muche in his mouthe: The damyſelles of Perſia maken ſore yies.

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, stanza 1, page 410:

     To whom no ſhare in armes and cheualree, / They doe impart, ne maken memoree […]

   • 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 macon, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːkə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧ken
• Rhymes: -aːkən

Verb

maken

1. (transitive) to make, to create
2. (transitive) to fix, to repair, to mend
3. (transitive) to take (a photo)
4. (copulative) to make, cause to become

   Synonym: ver- -en

Inflection

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

• aanmaken
• afmaken
• bekendmaken
• buitmaken
• losmaken
• maakbaar
• makelij
• maker
• openmaken
• overmaken
• vastmaken
• vermaken
• vrijmaken
• handgemaakt

Descendants

• Afrikaans: maak
• Javindo: maken
• Jersey Dutch: māke
• Negerhollands: mak, maak
• Skepi Creole Dutch: mak

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Japanese

Romanization

maken

1. Rōmaji transcription of まけん

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Kombio

Noun

maken

1. woman

   Yikn ka maken wurun-el.

   You are a woman from the bush.

References

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

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Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German maken, from Old Saxon makōn, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn. See also Plautdietsch moaken (diphthongization before velar).

Pronunciation

• 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

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.

Related terms

• plattmaakt

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch macon, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn.

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
• → Picard Old French: makier, maquier
  • → Middle French: maquier, macquiller
    • French: maquiller
      • → Dutch: maquilleren
      • → Spanish: maquillar
      • → Portuguese: maquilhar

Further reading

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

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• macke, mak, make, maki, makiȝe, makye, makyn
• macen, machiæ, macian, makian, makie, makien, makiȝen, makyȝe (early)

Etymology

From Old English macian, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːkən/, /ˈmakən/

Verb

maken

1. To make or create; to have something made.
   • a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Genesis 1:1-2”, in Wycliffe's Bible:

     In þe bigynnyng God made of nouȝt heuene and erþe. / Forſoþe þe erþe was idel and voide, and derkneſſis weren on the face of depþe; and the Spiryt of þe Lord was borun on the watris.

     In the beginning, God made the sky and the Earth out of nothing. / The Earth was inactive and empty, and darkness was on top of the seas' surfaces, and the Spirit of the Lord moved on the water.

   • a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “General Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 9-12:

     And ſmale foweles maken melodye / That ſlepen al the nyght with open ye / So priketh hem Nature in hir corages / Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages […]

     And small birds make song / that sleep all night with their eyes open / (as Nature pokes them in their hearts). / Then people want to go on pilgrimages […]

   • 1470–1485 (date produced)​, Thomas Malory, “Capitulum xiii”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book XXI, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, OCLC 71490786, leaf 430, verso; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, OCLC 890162034, lines 29–31, page 860:

     & 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 […]

     And some English books make claims that they never went out of England after the death of Sir Lancelot, / but that was only authors' biases […]

Usage notes

After the Early Middle English period, the irregular past forms of this verb become vastly more common than their regular alternatives; maked continues to occasionally appear in the Early Modern English literary language.

Conjugation

Conjugation of maken (weak irregular/in -ed)

infinitive	(to) maken, make
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	make	made, maked
2nd-person singular	makest	madest, makedest
3rd-person singular	maketh, makth	made, maked
subjunctive singular	make
imperative singular		—
plural1	maken, make	maden, made, makeden, makede
imperative plural	maketh, make	—
participles	makynge, makende	mad, maked, ymad, ymaked

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Derived terms

• make
• maker

Descendants

• English: make
• Scots: mak
• Yola: maake, maak

References

• “māken, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-12.

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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.

Anagrams

• manke