Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch cacken, probably from Latin cacō (to defecate, soil), either way presumably ultimately sound imitative.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑkə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: kak‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɑkən

Verb edit

kakken

  1. (intransitive) to defecate
  2. (transitive) to (secrete) shit (notably solids)
  3. (intransitive) to trot slowly, lustlessly

Inflection edit

Inflection of kakken (weak)
infinitive kakken
past singular kakte
past participle gekakt
infinitive kakken
gerund kakken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular kak kakte
2nd person sing. (jij) kakt kakte
2nd person sing. (u) kakt kakte
2nd person sing. (gij) kakt kakte
3rd person singular kakt kakte
plural kakken kakten
subjunctive sing.1 kakke kakte
subjunctive plur.1 kakken kakten
imperative sing. kak
imperative plur.1 kakt
participles kakkend gekakt
1) Archaic.

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Descendants edit

  • Berbice Creole Dutch: kaka
  • Negerhollands: kaka, koka