quaken

German

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch kwaken (to croak), English quack.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkvaːkən/, [ˈkʰvaːkŋ]
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Verb

quaken (third-person singular simple present quakt, past tense quakte, past participle gequakt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (ducks) to quack
  2. (frogs) to croak

Conjugation

References

  1. quaken in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891

Further reading

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