bakken

Danish

Noun

bakken c

1. definite singular of bakke

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch backen, baken, from Old Dutch *bakkan, *bakan, from Proto-West Germanic *bakan, from Proto-Germanic *bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑkə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: bak‧ken
• Rhymes: -ɑkən

Verb

bakken

1. (ergative) to bake
2. (ergative) to pan-fry

Usage notes

• (pan-fry): The distinction between bakken and braden is somewhat unclear and depending on idiolect. The general word for pan-frying is bakken, but braden may alternatively be used with meat. Many speakers use braden chiefly in the sense of “to roast, to grill”.

Conjugation

Conjugation of bakken (weak with strong past participle)
infinitive	bakken
past singular	bakte
past participle	gebakken
infinitive	bakken
gerund	bakken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	bak	bakte
2nd person sing. (jij)	bakt, bak2	bakte
2nd person sing. (u)	bakt	bakte
2nd person sing. (gij)	bakt	bakte
3rd person singular	bakt	bakte
plural	bakken	bakten
subjunctive sing.1	bakke	bakte
subjunctive plur.1	bakken	bakten
imperative sing.	bak
imperative plur.1	bakt
participles	bakkend	gebakken
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

(nouns):

• bakker
• baklap
• bakmeel
• bakolie
• bakpan
• bakplaat
• bakpoeder
• baksel
• bakslede
• baksteen
• bakster
• bakvet
• bakvis

(verbs):

• aanbakken
• afbakken
• doorbakken
• gebakken zitten
• inbakken
• meebakken
• met de gebakken peren zitten
• misbakken
• opbakken
• uitbakken
• vastbakken
• verbakken
• voorbakken

Descendants

• Afrikaans: bak
• Berbice Creole Dutch: baki
• Negerhollands: bak
• →? Aukan: baka
• → Caribbean Hindustani: báká kare
• →? Saramaccan: báka
• →? Sranan Tongo: baka

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɑkːən/

Noun

bakken m

1. definite singular of bakke

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bakken m

1. definite singular of bakke