roeken

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See also: röken

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈru.kə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: roe‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ukən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch roeken, from Old Dutch ruoken, from Proto-West Germanic *rōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną.

Verb

roeken

  1. (obsolete, transitive) to pay attention to, to heed
  2. (obsolete, transitive) to care about, to worry about
Conjugation
Conjugation of roeken (weak with past in -cht)
infinitive roeken
past singular rocht
past participle gerocht
infinitive roeken
gerund roeken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular roek rocht
2nd person sing. (jij) roekt, roek2 rocht
2nd person sing. (u) roekt rocht
2nd person sing. (gij) roekt rocht
3rd person singular roekt rocht
plural roeken rochten
subjunctive sing.1 roeke rochte
subjunctive plur.1 roeken rochten
imperative sing. roek
imperative plur.1 roekt
participles roekend gerocht
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

roeken

  1. plural of roek

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch ruoken.

Verb

roeken

  1. (transitive) to focus on, to long for
  2. (transitive) to care about, to worry about

Inflection

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Descendants

  • Dutch: roeken

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