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Schenken

Schenken

See also: schenken

German

Noun

Schenken

  1. plural of Schenke

schenken

schenken

See also: Schenken

German

Etymology

From Old High German scenken, from Proto-Germanic *skankijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛŋkən/, [ˈʃɛŋkŋ]
  • Hyphenation: schen‧ken

Verb

schenken (third-person singular simple present schenkt, past tense schenkte, past participle geschenkt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to give
  2. to give as a present, to gift

Conjugation

Note: This verb once was also a strong verb with indicative imperfect schank and conjunctive imperfect schänke.

Derived terms

  • Schenkung

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