roken

See also: Roken, rōken, and röken

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroːkə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ro‧ken
• Rhymes: -oːkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch rôken. Equivalent to rook +‎ -en.

Verb

roken

1. (intransitive, transitive) to smoke (a tobacco product, another drug, a surrogate)

   We roken een sigaret.

   We are smoking a cigarette.

   Maar ik rook niet.

   But I don't smoke.

   Vroeger werd er in zeemansbuurten veel opium gerookt.

   People used to smoke a lot of opium in the sailors' districts.

2. (intransitive) to smoke, to produce smoke

   De motor rookte enorm.

   The engine produced a great amount of smoke.

Inflection

Conjugation of roken (weak)
infinitive	roken
past singular	rookte
past participle	gerookt
infinitive	roken
gerund	roken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	rook	rookte
2nd person sing. (jij)	rookt, rook2	rookte
2nd person sing. (u)	rookt	rookte
2nd person sing. (gij)	rookt	rookte
3rd person singular	rookt	rookte
plural	roken	rookten
subjunctive sing.1	roke	rookte
subjunctive plur.1	roken	rookten
imperative sing.	rook
imperative plur.1	rookt
participles	rokend	gerookt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Descendants

• Afrikaans: rook
• → Indonesian: rokok

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

roken

1. (deprecated template usage) plural past indicative and subjunctive of ruiken
2. (deprecated template usage) plural past indicative and subjunctive of rieken

Anagrams

• koren, krone

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From rôok +‎ -en.

Verb

rôken

1. to smoke, to give off smoke
2. to smoke, to preserve by treating with smoke

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: roken
• Limburgish: rouke

Further reading

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