fokje
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Noun edit
fokje n (plural fokjes)
- Diminutive of fok
West Frisian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Related to Dutch fokken, from Middle Dutch focken, vocken, possibly of Scandinavian origin (compare Norwegian fukka, Swedish fokka), which, if true, would be derived from Proto-Germanic *fukkōną (“to strike, to assail, to copulate”). Likely related to English fuck or German ficken.
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Verb edit
fokje
- (transitive) to breed (animals)
- (intransitive) to breed, beget, bring forth
Conjugation edit
Weak class 2 | ||||
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infinitive | fokje | |||
3rd singular past | foke | |||
past participle | foke | |||
infinitive | fokje | |||
long infinitive | fokjen | |||
gerund | fokjen n | |||
auxiliary | hawwe | |||
indicative | present tense | past tense | ||
1st singular | fokje | foke | ||
2nd singular | fokest | fokest | ||
3rd singular | foket | foke | ||
plural | fokje | foken | ||
imperative | fokje | |||
participles | fokjend | foke |
Noun edit
fokje c (plural fokjen)
- breeding
- 1911, A. Rauwerda:
- Ús foarâlders [hienen] iuwen lyn de haadsaak by it fokjen al to pakken. ― Our ancestors [held] centuries ago that the main point in breeding was to fuck.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms edit
- bargefokker c (“pig breeder”)
- feefokken (“to breed cattle”)
- oanfokje (“to rear, to raise”)
- opfokje (“to bring to maturity (of cattle), to educate”)
- trochfuorje (“to continually feed, to feed someone the same thing so much that they get sick of it (figurative)”)
Further reading edit
- “fokje”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2 edit
Verbalization of fok (“foresail”). Compare Dutch fok (“foresail”).
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Verb edit
fokje
- to hoist a foresail; hoist the jib
- (figurative) to wear glasses
- (figurative) to lead uphill
- 1952, J.B. Singelsma:
- It lân fokket, loopt in een punt uit. ― The land goes up uphill, stretching out to a point.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading edit
- “fokje”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011