kweken

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʋeː.kə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: kwe‧ken
  • Rhymes: -eːkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch queken. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

kweken

  1. (transitive) To breed animals.
  2. (transitive) To grow a crop or other plants.
  3. (intransitive) To breed, procreate.
  4. (transitive) To develop a property.
Inflection
Inflection of kweken (weak)
infinitive kweken
past singular kweekte
past participle gekweekt
infinitive kweken
gerund kweken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular kweekkweekte
2nd person sing. (jij) kweektkweekte
2nd person sing. (u) kweektkweekte
2nd person sing. (gij) kweektkweekte
3rd person singular kweektkweekte
plural kwekenkweekten
subjunctive sing.1 kwekekweekte
subjunctive plur.1 kwekenkweekten
imperative sing. kweek
imperative plur.1 kweekt
participles kwekendgekweekt
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: queek
  • → Aukan: kweki

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kweken

  1. plural of kweek

Etymology 3

Onomatopeia

Verb

kweken

  1. (intransitive) To quack, make a certain bird noise.
Inflection
Inflection of kweken (weak)
infinitive kweken
past singular kweekte
past participle gekweekt
infinitive kweken
gerund kweken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular kweekkweekte
2nd person sing. (jij) kweektkweekte
2nd person sing. (u) kweektkweekte
2nd person sing. (gij) kweektkweekte
3rd person singular kweektkweekte
plural kwekenkweekten
subjunctive sing.1 kwekekweekte
subjunctive plur.1 kwekenkweekten
imperative sing. kweek
imperative plur.1 kweekt
participles kwekendgekweekt
1) Archaic.
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