naken

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English nakenen, nacnen, equivalent to nake + -en.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪkən

Verb

naken (third-person singular simple present nakens, present participle nakening, simple past and past participle nakened)

  1. (transitive, Britain, dialectal) To make naked; nake.

Anagrams


Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch nâken, from Old Dutch nāken, from Proto-Germanic *nēkijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaːkə(n)/
  • (file)

Verb

naken

  1. (intransitive) to draw near, to approach, to be imminent
    het nakende onweerthe approaching thunderstorm

Inflection

Inflection of naken (weak)
infinitive naken
past singular naakte
past participle genaakt
infinitive naken
gerund naken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular naaknaakte
2nd person sing. (jij) naaktnaakte
2nd person sing. (u) naaktnaakte
2nd person sing. (gij) naaktnaakte
3rd person singular naaktnaakte
plural nakennaakten
subjunctive sing.1 nakenaakte
subjunctive plur.1 nakennaakten
imperative sing. naak
imperative plur.1 naakt
participles nakendgenaakt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch nāken, from Proto-Germanic *nēkijaną.

Verb

nâken

  1. to approach, to near

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • naken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • naken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English nacian, from Proto-Germanic *nakwōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaːkən/, /ˈnakən/

Verb

naken

  1. To remove clothes or make naked; to nake.
  2. To remove; to expose or make visible.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

References


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse nakinn, nǫkkviðr (naked), from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (naked, bare).

Adjective

naken (neuter singular nakent, definite singular and plural nakne, comparative naknere, indefinite superlative naknest, definite superlative nakneste)

  1. nude, naked, bare

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse nakinn, nǫkkviðr (naked), from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (naked, bare).

Adjective

naken (neuter singular nake or nakent, definite singular and plural nakne, comparative naknare, indefinite superlative naknast, definite superlative naknaste)

  1. naked, nude, bare

Derived terms

References


Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nēkijaną.

Verb

nāken

  1. to approach, to near, to come closer

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • nāken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse nakinn, nǫkkviðr (naked), from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (naked, bare).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

naken

  1. nude, naked; without clothes

Declension

Inflection of naken
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular naken naknare naknast
Neuter singular naket naknare naknast
Plural nakna naknare naknast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 nakne naknare naknaste
All nakna naknare naknaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
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