roeken

See also: röken

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.kə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: roe‧ken
• Rhymes: -ukən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch roeken, from Old Dutch ruoken, from Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną.

Verb

roeken

1. (obsolete, transitive) to pay attention to, to heed
2. (obsolete, transitive) to care about, to worry about

Inflection

Conjugation of roeken (weak with past in -cht)
infinitive	roeken
past singular	rocht
past participle	gerocht
infinitive	roeken
gerund	roeken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	roek	rocht
2nd person sing. (jij)	roekt	rocht
2nd person sing. (u)	roekt	rocht
2nd person sing. (gij)	roekt	rocht
3rd person singular	roekt	rocht
plural	roeken	rochten
subjunctive sing.1	roeke	rochte
subjunctive plur.1	roeken	rochten
imperative sing.	roek
imperative plur.1	roekt
participles	roekend	gerocht
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• roekeloos

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

roeken

1. plural of roek

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch ruoken.

Verb

roeken

1. (transitive) to focus on, to long for
2. (transitive) to care about, to worry about

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: roeken

Further reading

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