naken

English

Alternative forms

• nakyn (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English nakenen, nacnen, equivalent to nake +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪkən

Verb

naken (third-person singular simple present nakens, present participle nakening, simple past and past participle nakened)

1. (transitive, UK, dialectal) To make naked; nake.

Anagrams

• Kenan, Kenna

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch nâken, from Old Dutch nāken, from Proto-Germanic *nēkijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaːkə(n)/

• Audio

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Verb

naken

1. (intransitive) to draw near, to approach, to be imminent

   het nakende onweer ― the approaching thunderstorm

Inflection

Inflection of naken (weak)
infinitive	naken
past singular	naakte
past participle	genaakt
infinitive	naken
gerund	naken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	naak	naakte
2nd person sing. (jij)	naakt	naakte
2nd person sing. (u)	naakt	naakte
2nd person sing. (gij)	naakt	naakte
3rd person singular	naakt	naakte
plural	naken	naakten
subjunctive sing.1	nake	naakte
subjunctive plur.1	naken	naakten
imperative sing.	naak
imperative plur.1	naakt
participles	nakend	genaakt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• genaken

Anagrams

• kanen

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch nāken, from Proto-Germanic *nēkijaną.

Verb

nâken

1. to approach, to near

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: naken

Further reading

• “naken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “naken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

• nake, nakyn, nakkin, nakyne

Etymology

Inherited from Old English nacian, from Proto-Germanic *nakwōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaːkən/, /ˈnakən/

Verb

naken

1. To remove clothes or make naked; to nake.
   • c. 1380s [c. 524], Geoffrey, transl. Chaucer, Boethius de Consolatione Philosophiae, book 4, metre 7, translation of The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius, line 70; republished in The Complete Works Of Geoffrey Chaucer, London: Oxford University Press, 1912, page 192:

     O nyce men, why nake ye youre bakkes?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. To remove; to expose or make visible.

Conjugation

Conjugation of naken (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) naken, nake
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	nake	naked
2nd-person singular	nakest	nakedest
3rd-person singular	naketh	naked
subjunctive singular	nake
imperative singular		—
plural1	naken, nake	nakeden, nakede
imperative plural	naketh, nake	—
participles	nakynge, nakende	naked, ynaked

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Derived terms

• nakenen

Descendants

• English: nake
• Scots: nake

References

• “nāken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-21.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse nakinn, nǫkkviðr (“naked”), from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (“naked, bare”).

Adjective

naken (neuter singular nakent, definite singular and plural nakne, comparative naknere, indefinite superlative naknest, definite superlative nakneste)

1. nude, naked, bare

Derived terms

• nakenhet
• nakenstrand

References

• “naken” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse nakinn, nǫkkviðr (“naked”), from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (“naked, bare”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²naːçən/, [²nɐ̞ːçən], [²nɐ̞ːc͡çən]
• (newer or regional) IPA^(key): /²naːkən/, [²nɐ̞ːkən]
• Rhymes: -çən
• Hyphenation: na‧ken

Adjective

naken (comparative naknare, superlative naknast)

1. naked, nude, bare

Declension

Declension of naken

comparative	naknare
superlative	naknast
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative-accusative	naken	naken, naki1, naka2	nake, nakent
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative-accusative	nakne	nakne, nakna3	nakne

¹: Unofficial after 2012. ²: Non-standard or dialectal. ³: Pre-1901 or dialectal.

Derived terms

• nakenstrand

References

• “naken” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nēkijaną.

Verb

nāken

1. to approach, to near, to come closer

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: nâken
  • Dutch: naken

Further reading

• “nāken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse nakinn, nǫkkviðr (“naked”), from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (“naked, bare”).

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Adjective

naken (comparative naknare, superlative naknast)

1. nude, naked; without clothes

Declension

Inflection of naken
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	naken	naknare	naknast
Neuter singular	naket	naknare	naknast
Plural	nakna	naknare	naknast
Masculine plural3	nakne	naknare	naknast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	nakne	naknare	naknaste
All	nakna	naknare	naknaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

• halvnaken
• nakenbad
• nakenbada
• nakenchock
• nakendans
• nakenhet
• nakenhund
• nakeninspelning
• nakenkultur
• nakenscen
• nakenstaty
• nakenstrand

Further reading

• naken in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• nakne