smoken
See also: smöken
English edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
smoken (third-person singular simple present smokens, present participle smokening, simple past and past participle smokened)
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become smoked or smoky.
- 2011, Allan Massie, Arthur the King:
- She chewed on a knuckle bone and was silent, looking into the dying fire, till she raised her smokened face, looked at him steadily and said, 'You were born an old soul indeed, as I recall, but I'll thank you to remember that this boy, whom I have come to think of as my own bairn too, is one of the innocents of the world.'
- 2012, Joseph Harry Silber, Bum:
- Steals a large jacket someone left on a chair; steals gulps of O2 from the smokening air; clutches a lost apple and flashlight and gauze; […]
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch smōken, from Old Dutch *smokon, from Proto-West Germanic *smokōn. Possibly also merged with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *smaukijan.
Verb edit
smoken
- (transitive, obsolete) to smoke, especially tobacco or a pipe
- Synonym: roken
- (transitive, obsolete, poetic) to burn, cause to emit smoke
- (transitive, obsolete) to fry, cook, or braise
- (intransitive, obsolete) to give off smoke, smoulder; to emit a vapour, fume
- (intransitive, obsolete, dialectal) to drizzle
Conjugation edit
| Inflection of smoken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | smoken | |||
| past singular | smookte | |||
| past participle | gesmookt | |||
| infinitive | smoken | |||
| gerund | smoken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | smook | smookte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | smookt | smookte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | smookt | smookte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | smookt | smookte | ||
| 3rd person singular | smookt | smookte | ||
| plural | smoken | smookten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | smoke | smookte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | smoken | smookten | ||
| imperative sing. | smook | |||
| imperative plur.1 | smookt | |||
| participles | smokend | gesmookt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from English smoke, from Middle English smoken, from Old English smocian, from Proto-West Germanic *smokōn. Doublet of the word above.
Verb edit
smoken
- (transitive, slang) to smoke, especially cannabis or hashish
Conjugation edit
(Usually the verb is conjugated without modifying the stem smoke (from English) in its written form, although it is pronounced as if it were spelt smookte, gesmookt.)
| Inflection of smoken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | smoken | |||
| past singular | smokete | |||
| past participle | gesmoket | |||
| infinitive | smoken | |||
| gerund | smoken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | smoke | smokete | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | smoket | smokete | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | smoket | smokete | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | smoket | smokete | ||
| 3rd person singular | smoket | smokete | ||
| plural | smoken | smoketen | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | smoke | smokete | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | smoken | smoketen | ||
| imperative sing. | smoke | |||
| imperative plur.1 | smoket | |||
| participles | smokend | gesmoket | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
German Low German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German smōken, smoken, from Old Saxon *smokōn, from Proto-West Germanic *smokōn.
Verb edit
smoken
- (intransitive) to smoke; fume; smoulder