schokken
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch schockelen, found only in West Germanic, possibly ultimately imitative, or otherwise from Proto-Germanic *skukkōną (“to jolt”). Also compare English shock, French choquer.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
schokken
Verb edit
schokken
- (intransitive) To shake, shiver
- Vanwege de storm en ijsvorming op het spoor schokte de passagierstrein hevig.
- Because of the storm and the formation of ice on the tracks, the passenger train shook vehemently.
- (transitive) To (administer a) shock physically
- (figuratively, transitive) To shock, disturb, startle
- Het nieuws schokte iedereen.
- The news shocked everyone.
Inflection edit
| Inflection of schokken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | schokken | |||
| past singular | schokte | |||
| past participle | geschokt | |||
| infinitive | schokken | |||
| gerund | schokken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | schok | schokte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | schokt | schokte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | schokt | schokte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | schokt | schokte | ||
| 3rd person singular | schokt | schokte | ||
| plural | schokken | schokten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | schokke | schokte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | schokken | schokten | ||
| imperative sing. | schok | |||
| imperative plur.1 | schokt | |||
| participles | schokkend | geschokt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- cultuurschok
- geschokt (adjective)
- schokker m
- schokbreker
- schokdemper m
- schokeffect n
- schoktherapie
- schokvrij