beuken
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch boken, bueken, perhaps related to pochen (“brag”), evolving from "defy" into "knock."[1]
Verb
beuken
- (transitive) to ram, to beat, to knock
Conjugation
| Conjugation of beuken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | beuken | |||
| past singular | beukte | |||
| past participle | gebeukt | |||
| infinitive | beuken | |||
| gerund | beuken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | beuk | beukte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | beukt, beuk2 | beukte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | beukt | beukte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | beukt | beukte | ||
| 3rd person singular | beukt | beukte | ||
| plural | beuken | beukten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | beuke | beukte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | beuken | beukten | ||
| imperative sing. | beuk | |||
| imperative plur.1 | beukt | |||
| participles | beukend | gebeukt | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
- afbeuken
- inbeuken
- losbeuken
Descendants
- Petjo: beuken
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch boekijn. Equivalent to beuk (“beech”) + -en.
Adjective
beuken (not comparable)
- beechen (made of beech wood)
Declension
Etymology 3
Noun
beuken
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “boken”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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