See also: Roken, rōken, and röken

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈroːkə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ro‧ken
  • Rhymes: -oːkən

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch rôken. Equivalent to rook +‎ -en.

Verb edit

roken

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to smoke (a tobacco product, another drug, a surrogate, a foodstuff)
    We roken een sigaret.We are smoking a cigarette.
    Maar ik rook niet.But I don't smoke.
    Vroeger werd er in zeemansbuurten veel opium gerookt.People used to smoke a lot of opium in the sailors' districts.
    Hij drinkt graag gerookte thee.He likes drinking smoked tea.
  2. (intransitive) to smoke, to produce smoke
    De motor rookte enorm.The engine produced a great amount of smoke.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of roken (weak)
infinitive roken
past singular rookte
past participle gerookt
infinitive roken
gerund roken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular rook rookte
2nd person sing. (jij) rookt rookte
2nd person sing. (u) rookt rookte
2nd person sing. (gij) rookt rookte
3rd person singular rookt rookte
plural roken rookten
subjunctive sing.1 roke rookte
subjunctive plur.1 roken rookten
imperative sing. rook
imperative plur.1 rookt
participles rokend gerookt
1) Archaic.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Afrikaans: rook
  • Negerhollands: rook
  • Malay: rokok

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

roken

  1. inflection of ruiken:
    1. plural past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive
  2. inflection of rieken:
    1. plural past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

Anagrams edit

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From rooc +‎ -en.

Verb edit

rôken

  1. to smoke, to give off smoke
  2. to smoke, to preserve by treating with smoke

Inflection edit

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Descendants edit

Further reading edit