unken

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English

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Etymology 1

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Back-formation from unkenned, equivalent to un- +‎ ken.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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unken (third-person singular simple present unkens, present participle unkenning, simple past and past participle unkenned)

  1. (chiefly Scotland) To not know, fail to recognise, be ignorant of.

Etymology 2

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From German Unke.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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unken (not comparable)

  1. Only used in unken reflex.

German

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Etymology

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Unke +‎ -en

Pronunciation

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Verb

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unken (weak, third-person singular present unkt, past tense unkte, past participle geunkt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to prophesy doom
    Synonyms: menetekeln, schwarzmalen
    • 2022 April 2, Klaus Walter, “Techno und Rauschzustände”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[1], →ISSN, page 19:
      Viele hatten schon nicht mehr dran geglaubt. Und wer weiß, vielleicht kommt doch noch was dazwischen, wird hier und da geunkt.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • unken” in Duden online
  • unken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

North Frisian

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Pronoun

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unken

  1. plural of unk (ours, that of us two)

Sumerian

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Romanization

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unken

  1. Romanization of 𒌺 (unken)

Swedish

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Proposals have been made connecting it with Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ- (wet; moist) (and thus Ancient Greek ὑγρός (hugrós) and Latin ūvidus), or with the Proto-Indo-European root behind Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn) and Latin inguen.

Adjective

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unken (comparative unknare, superlative unknast)

  1. musty, fusty, stale

Declension

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Inflection of unken
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular unken unknare unknast
Neuter singular unket unknare unknast
Plural unkna unknare unknast
Masculine plural3 unkne unknare unknast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 unkne unknare unknaste
All unkna unknare unknaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

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