ranken
See also: Ranken
English
Etymology
From rank + -en (verbal suffix).
Verb
ranken (third-person singular simple present rankens, present participle rankening, simple past and past participle rankened)
- (rare, transitive, intransitive) To make or become rank
- 1868, John Mockett Cramp, Baptist History, page 299:
- In a word, it is good for nothing but to despatch men out of the world that are burdensome, and to ranken churchyards.
- 1993, Nelson C. Nye, Trigger Talk/the Wolf That Rode, page 202:
- His glance passed again over the patched-up rigs and spavined horses dejectedly standing in this rain-rankened muck.
- 1996, Annie Proulx, Postcards, page 257:
- The room smoked with cold. Smoke rankened the air.
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
ranken
- (deprecated template usage) Plural form of rank
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German
Etymology
From Ranke (“tendril”).
Pronunciation
Verb
- (intransitive or reflexive, sich ranken) to grow in tendrils (of plants like ivy)
- (figuratively, with haben, ranken haben) to be told (of stories, myths, etc.)
Conjugation
Derived terms
Adjective
ranken
- inflection of rank:
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
ranken m
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