rokeren

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • rocheren (superseded, dated)
  • rocheeren, rokeeren, roqueeren (obsolete)
  • roqueren (superseded, dated)

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle French roquer, from roc (rock, chess castle). First attested in the early nineteenth century, with many variants.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /roːˈkeːrə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ro‧ke‧ren
  • Rhymes: -eːrən

Verb

rokeren

  1. To castle (perform the chess move of castling, in which one exchanges the king and a castle)

Inflection

Inflection of rokeren (weak)
infinitive rokeren
past singular rokeerde
past participle gerokeerd
infinitive rokeren
gerund rokeren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular rokeerrokeerde
2nd person sing. (jij) rokeertrokeerde
2nd person sing. (u) rokeertrokeerde
2nd person sing. (gij) rokeertrokeerde
3rd person singular rokeertrokeerde
plural rokerenrokeerden
subjunctive sing.1 rokererokeerde
subjunctive plur.1 rokerenrokeerden
imperative sing. rokeer
imperative plur.1 rokeert
participles rokerendgerokeerd
1) Archaic.
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