bokken

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See also: bocken and Bocken

English

Etymology

From Japanese 木剣 (ぼっけん, bokken, “wooden sword”), see below.

Pronunciation

Noun

bokken (plural bokkens or bokken)

  1. A wooden katana, used as a training sword.

Synonyms

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From bok +‎ -en.

Verb

bokken

  1. (intransitive, uncommon) to buck, said of a quadruped, e.g. a horse: to leap upward while arching its back
  2. (intransitive) to react to opposition or adversity grumpily and capriciously, like a crossed spoiled child
  3. (transitive, Suriname) to tell off, to scold, to rebuke
Conjugation
Conjugation of bokken (weak)
infinitive bokken
past singular bokte
past participle gebokt
infinitive bokken
gerund bokken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bok bokte
2nd person sing. (jij) bokt, bok2 bokte
2nd person sing. (u) bokt bokte
2nd person sing. (gij) bokt bokte
3rd person singular bokt bokte
plural bokken bokten
subjunctive sing.1 bokke bokte
subjunctive plur.1 bokken bokten
imperative sing. bok
imperative plur.1 bokt
participles bokkend gebokt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Etymology 2

Verb

bokken

  1. Alternative form of bukken
Conjugation
Conjugation of bokken (weak)
infinitive bokken
past singular bokte
past participle gebokt
infinitive bokken
gerund bokken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bok bokte
2nd person sing. (jij) bokt, bok2 bokte
2nd person sing. (u) bokt bokte
2nd person sing. (gij) bokt bokte
3rd person singular bokt bokte
plural bokken bokten
subjunctive sing.1 bokke bokte
subjunctive plur.1 bokken bokten
imperative sing. bok
imperative plur.1 bokt
participles bokkend gebokt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bokken

  1. plural of bok

Japanese

Romanization

bokken

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぼっけん
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