roeken
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See also: röken
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch roeken, from Old Dutch ruoken, from Proto-West Germanic *rōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną.
Verb
roeken
- (obsolete, transitive) to pay attention to, to heed
- (obsolete, transitive) to care about, to worry about
Conjugation
| Conjugation of roeken (weak with past in -cht) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | roeken | |||
| past singular | rocht | |||
| past participle | gerocht | |||
| infinitive | roeken | |||
| gerund | roeken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | roek | rocht | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | roekt, roek2 | rocht | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | roekt | rocht | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | roekt | rocht | ||
| 3rd person singular | roekt | rocht | ||
| plural | roeken | rochten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | roeke | rochte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | roeken | rochten | ||
| imperative sing. | roek | |||
| imperative plur.1 | roekt | |||
| participles | roekend | gerocht | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
roeken
Etymology
Verb
roeken
- (transitive) to focus on, to long for
- (transitive) to care about, to worry about
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: roeken
Further reading
- “roeken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “roeken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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