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naken

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English nakenen, nacnen, equivalent to nake +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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naken (third-person singular simple present nakens, present participle nakening, simple past and past participle nakened)

  1. (transitive, UK, dialectal) To make naked; nake.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch nâken, from Old Dutch nāken, from Proto-Germanic *nēkijaną.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnaːkə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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naken

  1. (intransitive) to draw near, to approach, to be imminent
    het nakende onweer ― the approaching thunderstorm
    • 2025 March 10, Japke-d. Bouma, “Willen alle ‘personal coaches’ en ‘verandermanagers’ hun mond houden over Zelensky? Dank alvast”, in NRC:
      Op LinkedIn analyseren trainers, coaches en allerlei andere ‘experts’ het optreden van president Zelensky op 28 februari in de Oval Office. [...] „Alsof de nakende Derde Wereldoorlog een netwerkborrel is, en een kernoorlog een kans voor persoonlijke groei.”
      On LinkedIn, trainers, coaches and various other sorts of ‘experts’ analyze president Zelenskyy's performance on February 28 in the Oval Office. [...] “As if the imminent Third World War is a networking event, and nuclear war an opportunity for personal growth.”

Conjugation

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Conjugation of naken (weak)
infinitive naken
past singular naakte
past participle genaakt
infinitive naken
gerund naken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular naak naakte
2nd person sing. (jij) naakt, naak2 naakte
2nd person sing. (u) naakt naakte
2nd person sing. (gij) naakt naakte
3rd person singular naakt naakte
plural naken naakten
subjunctive sing.1 nake naakte
subjunctive plur.1 naken naakten
imperative sing. naak
imperative plur.1 naakt
participles nakend genaakt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch nāken, from Proto-Germanic *nēkijaną.

Verb

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nâken

  1. to approach, to near

Inflection

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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  • Dutch: naken

Further reading

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old English nacian, from Proto-Germanic *nakwōną.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnaːkən/, /ˈnakən/

Verb

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naken

  1. To remove clothes or make naked; to nake.
  2. To remove; to expose or make visible.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of naken (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) naken, nake
present tense past tense
1st-person singular nake naked
2nd-person singular nakest nakedest
3rd-person singular naketh naked
subjunctive singular nake
imperative singular —
plural1 naken, nake nakeden, nakede
imperative plural naketh, nake —
participles nakynge, nakende naked, ynaked

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse nakinn, nǫkkviðr (“naked”), from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (“naked, bare”).

Adjective

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naken (neuter singular nakent, definite singular and plural nakne, comparative naknere, indefinite superlative naknest, definite superlative nakneste)

  1. nude, naked, bare

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse nakinn, nǫkkviðr (“naked”), from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (“naked, bare”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /²naːçən/, [²nɐ̞ːçən], [²nɐ̞ːc͡çən]
  • (newer or regional) IPA(key): /²naːkən/, [²nɐ̞ːkən]
  • Rhymes: -çən
  • Hyphenation: na‧ken

Adjective

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naken (comparative naknare, superlative naknast)

  1. naked, nude, bare

Declension

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Declension of naken
comparative naknare
superlative naknast
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative-accusative naken naken, naki1, naka2 nake, nakent
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative-accusative nakne nakne, nakna3 nakne

1: Unofficial after 2012. 2: Non-standard or dialectal. 3: Pre-1901 or dialectal.

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Old Dutch

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *nēkijaną.

Verb

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nāken

  1. to approach, to near, to come closer

Inflection

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Conjugation of nāken (weak class 1)
infinitive nāken
indicative present past
1st person singular nāco, nācon nākida
2nd person singular nākis nākidos
3rd person singular nākit nākida
1st person plural nācun nākidon
2nd person plural nākit nākidot
3rd person plural nācunt nākidon
subjunctive present past
1st person singular nāke nākidi
2nd person singular nākis nākidis
3rd person singular nāke nākidi
1st person plural nākin nākidin
2nd person plural nākit nākidit
3rd person plural nākin nākidin
imperative present
singular nāki
plural nākit
participle present past
nākendi nākit, ginākit

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • “nāken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Etymology

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From Old Norse nakinn, nǫkkviðr (“naked”), from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (“naked, bare”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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naken (comparative naknare, superlative naknast)

  1. naked
    Har man inga kläder på sig så är man naken
    If you have no clothes on, you are naked
    nakenråtta
    naked mole rat [naked-rat]
    Den nakna sanningen
    The naked truth
    1. nude

Declension

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Inflection of naken
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular naken naknare naknast
neuter singular naket naknare naknast
plural nakna naknare naknast
masculine plural2 nakne naknare naknast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 nakne naknare naknaste
all nakna naknare naknaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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