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naken
naken
English
Alternative forms
- nakyn (Scotland)
Verb
naken (third-person singular simple present nakens, present participle nakening, simple past and past participle nakened)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnaːkə(n)/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch naken, from Old Dutch nāken, from Proto-Germanic *nēkijaną.
Verb
naken
- (intransitive) to draw near, to approach, to be imminent
- het nakende onweer ― the approaching thunderstorm
Inflection
| Inflection of naken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | naken | |||
| past singular | naakte | |||
| past participle | genaakt | |||
| infinitive | naken | |||
| gerund | naken n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | naak | naakte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | naakt | naakte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | naakt | naakte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | naakt | naakte | ||
| 3rd person singular | naakt | naakte | ||
| plural | naken | naakten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | nake | naakte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | naken | naakten | ||
| imperative sing. | naak | |||
| imperative plur.1 | naakt | |||
| participles | nakend | genaakt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
Anagrams
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)
Derived terms
References
- “naken” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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)
References
- “naken” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse nakinn, nǫkkviðr (“naked”), from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (“naked, bare”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
naken
Declension
| Inflection of naken | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite/attributive | 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 an attributive role. | |||