From Middle Dutch lecken, licken, from Old Dutch leccon, from Proto-West Germanic *likkōn, from Proto-Germanic *likkōną.
likken
Conjugation of likken (weak) | ||||
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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.