krenken

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch crenken, crinken; related to krank (“sick, ill”). Equivalent to krank (“sick, ill”) +‎ -en (“deadjectival”) and shows the effect of historical umlaut. Cognate with German kränken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɛŋ.kə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: kren‧ken
• Rhymes: -ɛŋkən

Verb

krenken

1. (transitive) to damage, to hurt
2. (transitive) to miff, to insult

Inflection

Conjugation of krenken (weak)
infinitive	krenken
past singular	krenkte
past participle	gekrenkt
infinitive	krenken
gerund	krenken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	krenk	krenkte
2nd person sing. (jij)	krenkt, krenk2	krenkte
2nd person sing. (u)	krenkt	krenkte
2nd person sing. (gij)	krenkt	krenkte
3rd person singular	krenkt	krenkte
plural	krenken	krenkten
subjunctive sing.1	krenke	krenkte
subjunctive plur.1	krenken	krenkten
imperative sing.	krenk
imperative plur.1	krenkt
participles	krenkend	gekrenkt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

• krenking