maken

See also: måken

English

Etymology

From Middle English maken, equivalent to make + -en.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪkən

Verb

maken

  1. (obsolete) plural simple present form of make
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Book XXI:
      & somme englysshe bookes maken mencyon that they wente neuer oute of englond after the deth of syr Launcelot / but that was but fauour of makers
    • 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender
      They maken many a wrong chevisaunce,
    • 1606, Nathaniel Baxter, Sir Philip Sydneys Ourania, that is, Endimions Song and Tragedie, containing all Philosophie
      All these Starres maken one hundred and eight,
      Bright and conspicuous without deceite.

Anagrams


Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch maken, from Old Dutch macon, from Proto-Germanic *makōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːkə(n)/
  • Rhymes: -aːkən
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ken

Verb

maken

  1. (transitive) to make
  2. (transitive) to fix, to repair, to mend
  3. (transitive) to take (a photo)

Inflection

Inflection of maken (weak)
infinitive maken
past singular maakte
past participle gemaakt
infinitive maken
gerund maken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular maakmaakte
2nd person sing. (jij) maaktmaakte
2nd person sing. (u) maaktmaakte
2nd person sing. (gij) maaktmaakte
3rd person singular maaktmaakte
plural makenmaakten
subjunctive sing.1 makemaakte
subjunctive plur.1 makenmaakten
imperative sing. maak
imperative plur.1 maakt
participles makendgemaakt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants


Japanese

Romanization

maken

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まけん

Kombio

Noun

maken

  1. woman
    Yikn ka maken wurun-el.
    You are a woman from the bush.

References

  • Henry, Joan. Kombio Grammar Essentials. Ms. 123pp. (1992).

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German maken, from Old Saxon makōn, from Proto-Germanic *makōną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian moakje (to make), West Frisian meitsje (to make), Dutch maken (to make), English make and German machen (to make, do). See also Plautdietsch moaken (diphthongization before velar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaː.kə(n)/, /ˈmæː.kə(n)/, /ˈmɑː.kə(n)/, /ˈmɒː.kə(n)/ Either the /ə/ or the /n/ may be dropped
  • (Dialects with merger of /ɒː/ and /ɔʊ̯/) IPA(key): /ˈmɔʊ̯.kə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ken

Verb

maken (past singular möök or makt, past participle makt or maakt, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. To make.

Conjugation

  • plattmaakt

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch macon, from Proto-Germanic *makōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːkən/

Verb

māken

  1. to make
  2. to make, to cause to be

Inflection

Weak
Infinitive māken
3rd sg. past
3rd pl. past
Past participle
Infinitive māken
In genitive mākens
In dative mākene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular māke
2nd singular māecs, mākes
3rd singular māect, māket
1st plural māken
2nd plural māect, māket
3rd plural māken
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular māke
2nd singular māecs, mākes
3rd singular māke
1st plural māken
2nd plural māect, māket
3rd plural māken
Imperative Present
Singular māec, māke
Plural māect, māket
Present Past
Participle mākende

Descendants

  • Dutch: maken
  • Limburgish: make
  • Picard Old French: makier, maquier
    • Middle French: maquier, macquiller

Further reading

  • maken (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • maken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English macian, from Proto-Germanic *makōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːkən/, /ˈmakən/

Verb

maken

  1. To make or create; to have something made.
    • 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 9-11.
      And smale foweles maken melodye,
      That slepen al the nyght with open eye-
      (So priketh hem Nature in hir corages);

Conjugation

Descendants

References


Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

maken m

  1. definite singular of make

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

maken m

  1. definite singular of make

Swedish

Noun

maken

  1. definite singular of make
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