See also: quaken

German

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkvɛːkn̩] (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): [ˈkveːkn̩] (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
  • Hyphenation: quä‧ken
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Verb

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quäken (weak, third-person singular present quäkt, past tense quäkte, past participle gequäkt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to squeak

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • quäken” in Duden online
  • quäken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache