From Middle Dutch lecken, licken, from Old Dutch leccon, from Proto-West Germanic *likkōn, from Proto-Germanic *likkōną.
likken
| Conjugation of likken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | likken | |||
| past singular | likte | |||
| past participle | gelikt | |||
| infinitive | likken | |||
| gerund | likken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | lik | likte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | likt, lik2 | likte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | likt | likte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | likt | likte | ||
| 3rd person singular | likt | likte | ||
| plural | likken | likten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | likke | likte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | likken | likten | ||
| imperative sing. | lik | |||
| imperative plur.1 | likt | |||
| participles | likkend | gelikt | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
From Old English liccian, from Proto-West Germanic *likkōn, from Proto-Germanic *likkōną.
likken
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.