pronken

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch pronken, perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *brahtaz, similar to pracht (“splendor”), Swedish prakt (“glory, pomp”) (loaned from Low German).[1] See also German Prunk (“splendor”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɔŋ.kə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: pron‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɔŋkən

Verb

pronken

  1. (inergative) to display, to show off (with the intention of making an impression)

Conjugation

Conjugation of pronken (weak)
infinitive pronken
past singular pronkte
past participle gepronkt
infinitive pronken
gerund pronken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular pronk pronkte
2nd person sing. (jij) pronkt, pronk2 pronkte
2nd person sing. (u) pronkt pronkte
2nd person sing. (gij) pronkt pronkte
3rd person singular pronkt pronkte
plural pronken pronkten
subjunctive sing.1 pronke pronkte
subjunctive plur.1 pronken pronkten
imperative sing. pronk
imperative plur.1 pronkt
participles pronkend gepronkt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Papiamentu: prònk, pronk

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “prangen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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