aken

See also: Aken, åken, akẹn, Âken, and Äken

English

Etymology 1

From Old English ācennan or gecennan, equivalent to a- +‎ cennan (“to give birth to”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈkɛn/
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Verb

aken (third-person singular simple present akens, present participle akenning, simple past and past participle akenned)

1. (obsolete) To bear, give birth to. (Usually in the past participle.)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪkən/
• Rhymes: -eɪkən

Verb

aken

1. (obsolete) alternative past participle of ache.

Anagrams

• Kane, Kean, enka, kaen, kena, nake

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

aken

1. plural of aak

Anagrams

• kane, nake

Estonian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic окъно (okŭno). Cognate to Finnish ikkuna and akkuna.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -en

Noun

aken (genitive akna, partitive akent)

1. window

Declension

Declension of aken (ÕS type 8/küünal, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		aken	aknad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	akna
genitive			akende
partitive		akent	aknaid
illative		aknasse	akendesse aknaisse
inessive		aknas	akendes aknais
elative		aknast	akendest aknaist
allative		aknale	akendele aknaile
adessive		aknal	akendel aknail
ablative		aknalt	akendelt aknailt
translative		aknaks	akendeks aknaiks
terminative		aknani	akendeni
essive		aknana	akendena
abessive		aknata	akendeta
comitative		aknaga	akendega

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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Noun

âken ?

1. Aachen (a city in modern Germany)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: Aken
• Limburgish: Aoke

Further reading

• “aken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English acan, from Proto-West Germanic *akan, from Proto-Germanic *akaną; equivalent to ache +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Alternative forms

• ake, eken

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːkən/, /ˈɛːkən/, /ˈɔːkən/

Verb

aken

1. To ache, to hurt.

Conjugation

Conjugation of aken (strong class 6 or weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) aken, ake
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	ake	ok, aked
2nd-person singular	akest	oke, ok, akedest
3rd-person singular	aketh	ok, aked
subjunctive singular	ake	oke1, aked1
imperative singular		—
plural2	aken, ake	oken, oke, akeden, akede
imperative plural	aketh, ake	—
participles	akynge, akende	aken, aked

¹Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
²Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: ache
• Scots: ake
• Yola: aake

References

• “āken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-14.

Etymology 2

Adjective

aken

1. Alternative form of oken

Peranakan Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay akan (“will”), from Classical Malay اكن (akan), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aken (“preposition, on, upon; applicative marker”).

Adverb

aken

1. will, shall

   "Apakah kau soeda pikir betoel bahoea tindakan itoe tida aken meroegiken pada bangsa Tionghoa?" ― "Have you think that that action will not make loss for Chinese nation?"