krenken

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch crenken, crinken; related to krank (“sick, ill”). Equivalent to krank (“sick, ill”) +‎ -en (“deadjectival”) and shows the effect of historical umlaut. Cognate with German kränken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrɛŋ.kə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: kren‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋkən

Verb

krenken

  1. (transitive) to damage, to hurt
  2. (transitive) to miff, to insult

Conjugation

Conjugation of krenken (weak)
infinitive krenken
past singular krenkte
past participle gekrenkt
infinitive krenken
gerund krenken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular krenk krenkte
2nd person sing. (jij) krenkt, krenk2 krenkte
2nd person sing. (u) krenkt krenkte
2nd person sing. (gij) krenkt krenkte
3rd person singular krenkt krenkte
plural krenken krenkten
subjunctive sing.1 krenke krenkte
subjunctive plur.1 krenken krenkten
imperative sing. krenk
imperative plur.1 krenkt
participles krenkend gekrenkt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: krenk
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