Wiktionary

kweken

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʋeː.kə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: kwe‧ken
  • Rhymes: -eːkən

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch queken. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb edit

kweken

  1. (transitive) To breed animals.
  2. (transitive) To grow a crop or other plants.
  3. (intransitive) To breed, procreate.
  4. (transitive) To develop a property.
Inflection edit
Inflection of kweken (weak)
infinitive kweken
past singular kweekte
past participle gekweekt
infinitive kweken
gerund kweken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular kweek kweekte
2nd person sing. (jij) kweekt kweekte
2nd person sing. (u) kweekt kweekte
2nd person sing. (gij) kweekt kweekte
3rd person singular kweekt kweekte
plural kweken kweekten
subjunctive sing.1 kweke kweekte
subjunctive plur.1 kweken kweekten
imperative sing. kweek
imperative plur.1 kweekt
participles kwekend gekweekt
1) Archaic.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Negerhollands: queek
  • → Aukan: kweki

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

kweken

  1. plural of kweek

Etymology 3 edit

Onomatopeia

Verb edit

kweken

  1. (intransitive) To quack, make a certain bird noise.
Inflection edit
Inflection of kweken (weak)
infinitive kweken
past singular kweekte
past participle gekweekt
infinitive kweken
gerund kweken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular kweek kweekte
2nd person sing. (jij) kweekt kweekte
2nd person sing. (u) kweekt kweekte
2nd person sing. (gij) kweekt kweekte
3rd person singular kweekt kweekte
plural kweken kweekten
subjunctive sing.1 kweke kweekte
subjunctive plur.1 kweken kweekten
imperative sing. kweek
imperative plur.1 kweekt
participles kwekend gekweekt
1) Archaic.
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