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Etymology

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From perk +‎ -en.

Verb

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perken (third-person singular simple present perkens, present participle perkening, simple past and past participle perkened)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, nonstandard) To make or become perked or perky.
    • 2001, Allan Gurganus, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, page 599:
      Us perkened so, staring at each other, not rightly knowing one the other—such a goodly percentage of familiar skin now been quenched back of hiding cloth.
    • 2009, Mariella Glenn Hartsfield, Tall Betsy and Dunce Baby, page 72:
      She saw him and kind of perkened up [perked up] her gait a little bit.
    • 2011, Lynn Coady, Mean Boy:
      But Lawrence,” he adds, perkening, “I hope you were planning to take my Elizabethan poets course next year?”

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From perk +‎ -en.

Verb

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perken

  1. (transitive) to enclose, to keep in check with fencing
  2. (transitive) to close off with barriers
Conjugation
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Conjugation of perken (weak)
infinitive perken
past singular perkte
past participle geperkt
infinitive perken
gerund perken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular perk perkte
2nd person sing. (jij) perkt, perk2 perkte
2nd person sing. (u) perkt perkte
2nd person sing. (gij) perkt perkte
3rd person singular perkt perkte
plural perken perkten
subjunctive sing.1 perke perkte
subjunctive plur.1 perken perkten
imperative sing. perk
imperative plur.1 perkt
participles perkend geperkt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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perken

  1. plural of perk