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)

  1. (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

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋkən

Noun edit

ranken

  1. plural of rank

Anagrams edit

German edit

Etymology edit

From Ranke (tendril).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʁaŋkən/, [ˈʁaŋkŋ̩]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ran‧ken

Verb edit

ranken (weak, third-person singular present rankt, past tense rankte, past participle gerankt, auxiliary sein or haben)

  1. (intransitive or reflexive, sich ranken) to grow in tendrils (of plants like ivy)
  2. (auxiliary haben, figuratively) to be told (of stories, myths, etc.)

Conjugation edit

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Adjective edit

ranken

  1. inflection of rank:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Further reading edit

  • ranken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Noun edit

ranken m

  1. definite singular of ranke