teken

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

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• Rhymes: -eːkən

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Dutch têken, from Old Dutch *tēkan, from Proto-Germanic *taikną.

NounEdit

teken n (plural tekenen or tekens, diminutive tekentje n)

1. sign

   De firma kent sterren aan restaurants toe als teken van de kwaliteit. ― The firm confers stars to restaurants as a sign of quality.

2. signal
3. character

   Chinese tekens ― Chinese characters.

Derived termsEdit

• gedenkteken
• wonderteken

Etymology 2Edit

Non-lemma forms.

VerbEdit

teken

1. first-person singular present indicative of tekenen
2. imperative of tekenen

NounEdit

teken

1. Plural form of teek

AnagramsEdit

• keten, nekte

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Low GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

VerbEdit

teken (past singular teken, past participle tekent, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to draw, sign

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of teken (weak verb, irregular)

infinitive	teken
indicative	present	preterite
1st person singular	teken	teken
2nd person singular	tekens(t)	tekens(t)
3rd person singular	teken(t)	teken
plural	tekent, tekenen	teeknen, teken
imperative	present	—
singular	teken(e)
plural	tekent
participle	present	past
	teken	(e)tekent, getekent
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

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Middle DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Dutch *tēkan, from Proto-Germanic *taikną.

NounEdit

têken n

1. mark, sign
2. gesture
3. signal
4. sign, indication
5. mark, wound

InflectionEdit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative formsEdit

• teiken

Derived termsEdit

• têkenen

DescendantsEdit

• Dutch: teken
• Limburgish: teike

Further readingEdit

• “teken (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “teken (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

VerbEdit

teken

1. masculine and feminine past participle of ta, taka and take

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Old FrisianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *taikną.

NounEdit

tēken n

1. sign

DeclensionEdit

Declension of tēken (neuter a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	tēken	tēken
accusative	tēken	tēken
genitive	tēkenes	tēkena
dative	tēkene	tēkenum, tēkenem

DescendantsEdit

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: teeken

• West Frisian: teken