janken

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Japanese じゃんけん (janken).

Pronunciation

Noun

janken (uncountable)

  1. (games) The game of rock paper scissors.

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch janken, further etymology unknown.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɑŋkən

Verb

janken

  1. to whine
  2. (informal) to cry
    (Brabant) Zit hij daar te janken gelijk een klein kind!
    Synonym: blèren

Conjugation

Conjugation of janken (weak)
infinitive janken
past singular jankte
past participle gejankt
infinitive janken
gerund janken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular jank jankte
2nd person sing. (jij) jankt, jank2 jankte
2nd person sing. (u) jankt jankte
2nd person sing. (gij) jankt jankte
3rd person singular jankt jankte
plural janken jankten
subjunctive sing.1 janke jankte
subjunctive plur.1 janken jankten
imperative sing. jank
imperative plur.1 jankt
participles jankend gejankt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly ultimately imitative, see jengelen (“whine, drone”).[1]

Verb

janken

  1. to whine, to make a whining sound
  2. to whine, to whinge

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: janken
  • Limburgish: janke

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “jengelen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

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