rokeren
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
Ultimately from Middle French roquer, from roc (“rock, chess castle”). First attested in the early nineteenth century, with many variants.
Pronunciation
Verb
rokeren
- To castle (perform the chess move of castling, in which one exchanges the king and a castle)
Inflection
Conjugation of rokeren (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | rokeren | |||
past singular | rokeerde | |||
past participle | gerokeerd | |||
infinitive | rokeren | |||
gerund | rokeren n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | rokeer | rokeerde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | rokeert, rokeer2 | rokeerde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | rokeert | rokeerde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | rokeert | rokeerde | ||
3rd person singular | rokeert | rokeerde | ||
plural | rokeren | rokeerden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | rokere | rokeerde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | rokeren | rokeerden | ||
imperative sing. | rokeer | |||
imperative plur.1 | rokeert | |||
participles | rokerend | gerokeerd | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |