maken

English

Etymology

From Middle English maken, equivalent to make +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪkən

Verb

maken

1. (obsolete) plural simple present of make
   • 1542, Eraſmus of Roterodame, “The Saiynges of Alexander the Greate”, in Nicolas Vdall, transl., Apothegmes ‎, page 197:

     And emõges his familiares theſe wordes folowyng were muche in his mouthe: The damyſelles of Perſia maken ſore yies.

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 1, page 410:

     To whom no ſhare in armes and cheualree, / They doe impart, ne maken memoree […]

   • 1606, Nathaniel Baxter, Sir Philip Sydneys Ourania, that is, Endimions Song and Tragedie, containing all Philosophie:

     All these Starres maken one hundred and eight, / Bright and conſpicuous without deceite.

Anagrams

• Ekman, Kamen, Manke

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch maken, from Old Dutch macon, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːkə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧ken
• Rhymes: -aːkən

Verb

maken

1. (transitive) to make, to create
2. (transitive) to fix, to repair, to mend
3. (transitive) to take (a photo)
4. (copulative) to make, cause to become

   Synonym: ver- -en

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: maak
• Javindo: maken
• Jersey Dutch: māke
• Negerhollands: mak, maak
• Skepi Creole Dutch: mak

Japanese

Romanization

maken

1. Rōmaji transcription of まけん

Kombio

Noun

maken

1. woman

   Yikn ka maken wurun-el.

   You are a woman from the bush.

References

• Henry, Joan. Kombio Grammar Essentials. Ms. 123pp. (1992).

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German maken, from Old Saxon makōn, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn. See also Plautdietsch moaken (diphthongization before velar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.kə(n)/, /ˈmæː.kə(n)/, /ˈmɑː.kə(n)/, /ˈmɒː.kə(n)/ Either the /ə/ or the /n/ may be dropped
• (Dialects with merger of /ɒː/ and /ɔʊ̯/) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔʊ̯.kə(n)/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ken

Verb

maken (past singular möök or makt, past participle makt or maakt, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. To make.

Conjugation

Related terms

• plattmaakt

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch macon, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːkən/

Verb

māken

1. to make
2. to make, to cause to be
   • 1249, Schepenbrief van Bochoute, Velzeke, eastern Flanders:

     Si maken bekent die nu sien ende wesen selen

     They make known to those who are now and will be

Inflection

Descendants

• Dutch: maken
  • Afrikaans: maak
• Limburgish: make
• → Picard Old French: makier, maquier
  • → Middle French: maquier, macquiller
    • French: maquiller
      • → Dutch: maquilleren
      • → Spanish: maquillar
      • → Portuguese: maquilhar, maquiar

Further reading

• “maken (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “maken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

• macke, mak, make, maki, makiȝe, makye, makyn
• macen, machiæ, macian, makian, makie, makien, makiȝen, makyȝe (Early Middle English)

Etymology

From Old English macian, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːkən/, /ˈmakən/

Verb

maken

1. To make or create; to have something made.
   • a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Genesis 1:1-2”, in Wycliffe's Bible:

     In þe bigynnyng God made of nouȝt heuene and erþe. / Forſoþe þe erþe was idel and voide, and derkneſſis weren on the face of depþe; and the Spiryt of þe Lord was borun on the watris.

     In the beginning, God made the sky and the Earth out of nothing. / The Earth was inactive and empty, and darkness was on top of the seas' surfaces, and the Spirit of the Lord moved on the water.

   • a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “General Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 9–12:

     And ſmale foweles maken melodye / That ſlepen al the nyght with open ye / So priketh hem Nature in hir corages / Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages […]

     And small birds make song / that sleep all night with their eyes open / (as Nature pokes them in their hearts). / Then people want to go on pilgrimages

   • 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum xiii”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book XXI, by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC, leaf 430, verso; republished as H Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur , London: David Nutt, , 1889, →OCLC, page 860, lines 29–31:

     & ſomme englyſſhe bookes maken mencyon that they wente neuer oute of englond after the deth of ſyr Launcelot / but that was but fauour of makers […]

     And some English books make claims that they never went out of England after the death of Sir Lancelot, / but that was only authors' biases

Usage notes

After the Early Middle English period, the irregular past forms of this verb become vastly more common than their regular alternatives; maked continues to occasionally appear in the Early Modern English literary language.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• make
• maker
• unmaken

Descendants

• English: make
• Geordie English: myek
• Scots: mak
• Yola: maake, maak

References

• “māken, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-12.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

maken m

1. definite singular of make

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

maken m

1. definite singular of make

Swedish

Noun

maken

1. definite singular of make

Anagrams

• manke