welken
Dutch
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Dutch welken, from Old Dutch *wilken, from Proto-West Germanic *wilkijan; according to Kluge, ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *wolkn (“cloud”). Akin to German welken, English welk.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]welken
- to wither
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of welken (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | welken | |||
past singular | welkte | |||
past participle | gewelkt | |||
infinitive | welken | |||
gerund | welken n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | welk | welkte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | welkt, welk2 | welkte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | welkt | welkte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | welkt | welkte | ||
3rd person singular | welkt | welkte | ||
plural | welken | welkten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | welke | welkte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | welken | welkten | ||
imperative sing. | welk | |||
imperative plur.1 | welkt | |||
participles | welkend | gewelkt | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Dative masculine and neuter singular, and dative plural (all genders), of welk.
Pronoun
[edit]welken
Declension
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German welken, from Old High German welkēn. According to Kluge, ultimately from the root of Wolke (“cloud”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]welken (weak, third-person singular present welkt, past tense welkte, past participle gewelkt, auxiliary haben)
- to wither
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | welken | ||||
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present participle | welkend | ||||
past participle | gewelkt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich welke | wir welken | i | ich welke | wir welken |
du welkst | ihr welkt | du welkest | ihr welket | ||
er welkt | sie welken | er welke | sie welken | ||
preterite | ich welkte | wir welkten | ii | ich welkte1 | wir welkten1 |
du welktest | ihr welktet | du welktest1 | ihr welktet1 | ||
er welkte | sie welkten | er welkte1 | sie welkten1 | ||
imperative | welk (du) welke (du) |
welkt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “welken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “welken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “welken” in Duden online
- “welken” in OpenThesaurus.de
Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old English wolcnu, plural of wolcen, wolcn, from Proto-West Germanic *wolkn, from Proto-Germanic *wulkaną.
Alternative forms
[edit]- welkne, welkene, wolken, wolkne, walkyn, wolkene, walkene, walkne, welkyn, walkon
- weolcne, wolcn, wlcne, wolcnu, walcne, weolkne, wolcne (Early Middle English)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]welken
- The atmosphere; the area where weather happens.
- The space or air surrounding the Earth or; the heavens or welkin.
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Clerke of Oxenfordes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, folio liiii, verso, part 6:
- Thus hath this pytous day a blyſful ende / For euery man & woman doth hys myght / Thys daye in myrth and reuel to dyſpende / Tyl on the welken ſhone the ſterres bryght / For more ſolempne in euery mannes ſyght / Thys feeſt was, and greater of coſtage / Then was the reuel of her mariage
- Thus hath this piteous day a blissful end / For every man & woman doth his might / This day in mirth and revel to dispend / Till on the welkin shone the stars bright / For more solemn in every man's sight / This feast was, and greater of costage / Than was the revel of her marriage
- A division or layer of this space; an atmospheric region.
- (Early Middle English) A cloud (mass of water droplets)
Descendants
[edit]- English: welkin
References
[edit]- “welken, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-20.
Etymology 2
[edit]Possibly related to or from Middle Low German welken or Middle Dutch welken, ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *wolkn (“cloud”). Compare also Middle English walwen (“to fade, wither”), from Old English wealwian.
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]welken
- To become dry or aged; to decay or wither (of plants or people)
- (rare) To crinkle or become roughened or creased.
- (rare) To turn or grow desolate or lifeless.
Conjugation
[edit]1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “welken, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-20.
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