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maken

See also: måken

English edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English maken, equivalent to make +‎ -en.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

maken

  1. (obsolete) plural simple present of make
    • 1542, Eraſmus of Roterodame, “The Saiynges of Alexander the Greate”, in Nicolas Vdall, transl., Apothegmes […] ‎[1], page 197:
      And emõges his familiares theſe wordes folowyng were muche in his mouthe: The damyſelles of Perſia maken ſore yies.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 1, page 410:
      To whom no ſhare in armes and cheualree, / They doe impart, ne maken memoree […]
    • 1606, Nathaniel Baxter, Sir Philip Sydneys Ourania, that is, Endimions Song and Tragedie, containing all Philosophie:
      All these Starres maken one hundred and eight, / Bright and conſpicuous without deceite.

Anagrams edit

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch maken, from Old Dutch macon, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːkə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: ma‧ken
  • Rhymes: -aːkən

Verb edit

maken

  1. (transitive) to make, to create
  2. (transitive) to fix, to repair, to mend
  3. (transitive) to take (a photo)
  4. (copulative) to make, cause to become
    Synonym: ver- -en

Inflection edit

Inflection of maken (weak)
infinitive maken
past singular maakte
past participle gemaakt
infinitive maken
gerund maken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular maak maakte
2nd person sing. (jij) maakt maakte
2nd person sing. (u) maakt maakte
2nd person sing. (gij) maakt maakte
3rd person singular maakt maakte
plural maken maakten
subjunctive sing.1 make maakte
subjunctive plur.1 maken maakten
imperative sing. maak
imperative plur.1 maakt
participles makend gemaakt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms edit

adjectives
nouns
proverbs
verbs

Descendants edit

  • Afrikaans: maak
  • Javindo: maken
  • Jersey Dutch: māke
  • Negerhollands: mak, maak
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: mak

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

maken

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まけん

Kombio edit

Noun edit

maken

  1. woman
    Yikn ka maken wurun-el.
    You are a woman from the bush.

References edit

  • Henry, Joan. Kombio Grammar Essentials. Ms. 123pp. (1992).

Low German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German maken, from Old Saxon makōn, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn. See also Plautdietsch moaken (diphthongization before velar).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaː.kə(n)/, /ˈmæː.kə(n)/, /ˈmɑː.kə(n)/, /ˈmɒː.kə(n)/ Either the /ə/ or the /n/ may be dropped
  • (Dialects with merger of /ɒː/ and /ɔʊ̯/) IPA(key): /ˈmɔʊ̯.kə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ken

Verb edit

maken (past singular möök or makt, past participle makt or maakt, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. To make.

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of maken (irregular past forms)
infinitive maken
indicative present preterite
1st person singular maak möök
2nd person singular maaks(t) mööks(t)
3rd person singular maak(t) möök
plural maakt, maaken möken
imperative present —
singular maak(e)
plural maakt
participle present past
maken (e)maakt, gemaakt
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.
Conjugation of maken (regular past forms)
infinitive maken
indicative present preterite
1st person singular maak maak
2nd person singular maaks(t) maaks(t)
3rd person singular maak(t) maak
plural maakt, maaken maken
imperative present —
singular maak(e)
plural maakt
participle present past
maken (e)maakt, gemaakt
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Related terms edit

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Old Dutch macon, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

māken

  1. to make
  2. to make, to cause to be

Inflection edit

Weak
Infinitive māken
3rd sg. past —
3rd pl. past —
Past participle —
Infinitive māken
In genitive mākens
In dative mākene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular māke —
2nd singular māecs, mākes —
3rd singular māect, māket —
1st plural māken —
2nd plural māect, māket —
3rd plural māken —
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular māke —
2nd singular māecs, mākes —
3rd singular māke —
1st plural māken —
2nd plural māect, māket —
3rd plural māken —
Imperative Present
Singular māec, māke
Plural māect, māket
Present Past
Participle mākende —

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old English macian, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːkən/, /ˈmakən/

Verb edit

maken

  1. To make or create; to have something made.
    • a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Genesis 1:1-2”, in Wycliffe's Bible:
      In þe bigynnyng God made of nouȝt heuene and erþe. / Forſoþe þe erþe was idel and voide, and derkneſſis weren on the face of depþe; and the Spiryt of þe Lord was borun on the watris.
      In the beginning, God made the sky and the Earth out of nothing. / The Earth was inactive and empty, and darkness was on top of the seas' surfaces, and the Spirit of the Lord moved on the water.
    • a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “General Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 9–12:
      And ſmale foweles maken melodye / That ſlepen al the nyght with open ye / So priketh hem Nature in hir corages / Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages […]
      And small birds make song / that sleep all night with their eyes open / (as Nature pokes them in their hearts). / Then people want to go on pilgrimages […]
    • 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum xiii”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book XXI, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC, leaf 430, verso; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC, page 860, lines 29–31:
      & ſomme englyſſhe bookes maken mencyon that they wente neuer oute of englond after the deth of ſyr Launcelot / but that was but fauour of makers […]
      And some English books make claims that they never went out of England after the death of Sir Lancelot, / but that was only authors' biases […]

Usage notes edit

After the Early Middle English period, the irregular past forms of this verb become vastly more common than their regular alternatives; maked continues to occasionally appear in the Early Modern English literary language.

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of maken (weak irregular/in -ed)
infinitive (to) maken, make
present tense past tense
1st-person singular make made, maked
2nd-person singular makest madest, makedest
3rd-person singular maketh, makth made, maked
subjunctive singular make
imperative singular —
plural1 maken, make maden, made, makeden, makede
imperative plural maketh, make —
participles makynge, makende mad, maked, ymad, ymaked

1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Noun edit

maken m

  1. definite singular of make

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Noun edit

maken m

  1. definite singular of make

Swedish edit

Noun edit

maken

  1. definite singular of make

Anagrams edit

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