fokje

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

fokje n (plural fokjes)

  1. diminutive of fok

West Frisian

Etymology 1

Related to Dutch fokken, from Middle Dutch focken, vocken, possibly of Scandinavian origin (compare Norwegian fukka, Swedish fokka), which, if true, would be derived from Proto-Germanic *fukkōną (“to strike, to assail, to copulate”). Likely related to English fuck or German ficken.

Pronunciation

Verb

fokje

  1. (transitive) to breed (animals)
  2. (intransitive) to breed, beget, bring forth
Conjugation
Weak class 2
infinitive fokje
3rd singular past foke
past participle foke
infinitive fokje
long infinitive fokjen
gerund fokjen n
auxiliary hawwe
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular fokje foke
2nd singular fokest fokest
3rd singular foket foke
plural fokje foken
imperative fokje
participles fokjend foke

Noun

fokje c (plural fokjen)

  1. breeding
    • 1911, A. Rauwerda:
      Ús foarâlders [hienen] iuwen lyn de haadsaak by it fokjen al to pakken. ― Our ancestors [held] centuries ago that the main point in breeding was to fuck.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

  • bargefokker c (“pig breeder”)
  • feefokken (“to breed cattle”)
  • oanfokje (“to rear, to raise”)
  • opfokje (“to bring to maturity (of cattle), to educate”)
  • trochfuorje (“to continually feed, to feed someone the same thing so much that they get sick of it (figurative)”)

Further reading

  • “fokje”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

Verbalization of fok (“foresail”). Compare Dutch fok (“foresail”).

Pronunciation

Verb

fokje

  1. to hoist a foresail; hoist the jib
  2. (figurative) to wear glasses
  3. (figurative) to lead uphill
    • 1952, J.B. Singelsma:
      It lân fokket, loopt in een punt uit. ― The land goes up uphill, stretching out to a point.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

  • “fokje”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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