Borrowed from English stalk. Related to obsolete Dutch stolken, from Middle Dutch stolken (“to walk, slosh, sneak”).
stalken
| Conjugation of stalken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | stalken | |||
| past singular | stalkte | |||
| past participle | gestalkt | |||
| infinitive | stalken | |||
| gerund | stalken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | stalk | stalkte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | stalkt, stalk2 | stalkte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | stalkt | stalkte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | stalkt | stalkte | ||
| 3rd person singular | stalkt | stalkte | ||
| plural | stalken | stalkten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | stalke | stalkte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | stalken | stalkten | ||
| imperative sing. | stalk | |||
| imperative plur.1 | stalkt | |||
| participles | stalkend | gestalkt | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
From Old English *stealcian, from Proto-Germanic *stalkaz.
stalken
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.