klinken
See also: Klinken
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklɪŋ.kə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: klin‧ken
- Rhymes: -ɪŋkən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch clingen, clinken, from Old Dutch *clingan, from Proto-Germanic *klinganą (“to sound”).
Verb
klinken
- to sound
- De bel in de kerk begon te klinken toen de dienst begon.
- The bell in the church started to sound when the service began.
- De muziek uit de luidsprekers klinkt helder en zuiver.
- The music from the speakers sounds clear and pure.
- De lach van de kinderen klinkt als muziek in mijn oren.
- The laughter of the children sounds like music to my ears.
- to clink glasses
- We willen graag een toast uitbrengen, laten we de glazen klinken!
- We'd like to propose a toast, let's clink glasses!
- Na de ceremonie klinkten de gasten hun glazen om het gelukkige paar te feliciteren.
- After the ceremony, the guests clinked glasses to congratulate the happy couple.
- Op oudejaarsavond klinken mensen vaak hun glazen om het nieuwe jaar te verwelkomen.
- On New Year's Eve, people often clink glasses to welcome the new year.
Inflection
| Inflection of klinken (strong class 3a) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | klinken | |||
| past singular | klonk | |||
| past participle | geklonken | |||
| infinitive | klinken | |||
| gerund | klinken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | klink | klonk | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | klinkt | klonk | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | klinkt | klonk | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | klinkt | klonkt | ||
| 3rd person singular | klinkt | klonk | ||
| plural | klinken | klonken | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | klinke | klonke | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | klinken | klonken | ||
| imperative sing. | klink | |||
| imperative plur.1 | klinkt | |||
| participles | klinkend | geklonken | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- aanklinken
- afklinken
- beklinken
- doorklinken
- klinker
- medeklinker
- meeklinken
- naklinken
- opklinken
- overklinken
- samenklinken
- uitklinken
- verklinken
- weerklinken
Descendants
- Negerhollands: kling
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch clingen, clinken, from Old Dutch *clingan, from Proto-Germanic *klinganą (“to adhere to, cling to”).
Inflection
| Inflection of klinken (strong class 3a) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | klinken | |||
| past singular | klonk | |||
| past participle | geklonken | |||
| infinitive | klinken | |||
| gerund | klinken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | klink | klonk | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | klinkt | klonk | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | klinkt | klonk | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | klinkt | klonkt | ||
| 3rd person singular | klinkt | klonk | ||
| plural | klinken | klonken | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | klinke | klonke | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | klinken | klonken | ||
| imperative sing. | klink | |||
| imperative plur.1 | klinkt | |||
| participles | klinkend | geklonken | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: klinchi
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