laken

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch laken.

Noun

laken (plural lakens)

  1. sheet, bedsheet

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaːkə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: la‧ken
  • Rhymes: -aːkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch lāken, from Old Dutch *lakan, from Proto-Germanic *lakaną (“linen, cloth”).

Noun

laken n (plural lakens, diminutive lakentje n)

  1. (uncountable) woollen broadcloth (fulled and woven fabric made of wool), very sought-after for clothing in the feudal era
  2. (countable) bedsheet
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: laak, laeken, laken
  • → Caribbean Javanese: laken
  • → Papiamentu: laken, laker

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch lāken. Equivalent to lak +‎ -en.

Verb

laken

  1. (transitive) to criticize, reproach, denounce
    De gasten van dat groezelig motel laken tevergeefs de gebrekkige hygiëne van de lakens.
    The guests in that sleazy motel denounce in vain the poor sheets hygiene.
Inflection
Inflection of laken (weak)
infinitive laken
past singular laakte
past participle gelaakt
infinitive laken
gerund laken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular laak laakte
2nd person sing. (jij) laakt laakte
2nd person sing. (u) laakt laakte
2nd person sing. (gij) laakt laakte
3rd person singular laakt laakte
plural laken laakten
subjunctive sing.1 lake laakte
subjunctive plur.1 laken laakten
imperative sing. laak
imperative plur.1 laakt
participles lakend gelaakt
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

laken

  1. plural of laak

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *lakan, from Proto-Germanic *lakaną.

Noun

lāken n

  1. broadcloth
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Etymology 2

From lac +‎ -en, from Proto-Germanic *laka-, related to *lak(k)ōn- (“to blame, reproach”), from Proto-Indo-European *lok-néh₂-. Cognate with English lack.

Verb

lāken

  1. to decrease, to diminish, to become less
  2. to lack, to be insufficient
  3. to criticise, to denounce
  4. to stain, to soil, to violate (honour or value)
Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

From Middle Low German laken.

Noun

laken n (definite singular lakenet, indefinite plural laken or lakener, definite plural lakena or lakenene)

  1. a bedsheet
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

laken m

  1. definite singular of lake

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

laken m

  1. definite singular of lake

Swedish

Noun

laken

  1. definite singular of lake

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