ranken
See also: Ranken
English edit
Etymology edit
From rank + -en (verbal suffix).
Verb edit
ranken (third-person singular simple present rankens, present participle rankening, simple past and past participle rankened)
- (rare, transitive, intransitive) To make or become rank
- 1868, John Mockett Cramp, Baptist History, page 299:
- In a word, it is good for nothing but to despatch men out of the world that are burdensome, and to ranken churchyards.
- 1993, Nelson C. Nye, Trigger Talk/the Wolf That Rode, page 202:
- His glance passed again over the patched-up rigs and spavined horses dejectedly standing in this rain-rankened muck.
- 1996, Annie Proulx, Postcards, page 257:
- The room smoked with cold. Smoke rankened the air.
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ranken
Anagrams edit
German edit
Etymology edit
From Ranke (“tendril”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ranken (weak, third-person singular present rankt, past tense rankte, past participle gerankt, auxiliary sein or haben)
- (intransitive or reflexive, sich ranken) to grow in tendrils (of plants like ivy)
- (auxiliary haben, figuratively) to be told (of stories, myths, etc.)
Conjugation edit
infinitive | ranken | ||||
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present participle | rankend | ||||
past participle | gerankt | ||||
auxiliary | sein or haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich ranke | wir ranken | i | ich ranke | wir ranken |
du rankst | ihr rankt | du rankest | ihr ranket | ||
er rankt | sie ranken | er ranke | sie ranken | ||
preterite | ich rankte | wir rankten | ii | ich rankte1 | wir rankten1 |
du ranktest | ihr ranktet | du ranktest1 | ihr ranktet1 | ||
er rankte | sie rankten | er rankte1 | sie rankten1 | ||
imperative | rank (du) ranke (du) |
rankt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
ranken
- inflection of rank:
Further reading edit
- “ranken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
ranken m