dronken

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɔŋ.kə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: dron‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɔŋkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dronken, from Old Dutch drunkan, from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz.

Adjective

dronken (comparative dronkener, superlative dronkenst)

  1. drunk, drunken, in a state of intoxication after drinking alcohol beverages
    Synonyms: zat, bezopen
Inflection
Inflection of dronken
uninflected dronken
inflected dronken
comparative dronkener
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial dronkendronkenerhet dronkenst
het dronkenste
indefinite m./f. sing. dronkendronkenerdronkenste
n. sing. dronkendronkenerdronkenste
plural dronkendronkenerdronkenste
definite dronkendronkenerdronkenste
partitive dronkensdronkeners
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: drunggu
  • Negerhollands: dronk, drun, drunk
  • Sranan Tongo: drungu
    • Saramaccan: dòongò

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dronken

  1. inflection of drinken:
    1. plural past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

Anagrams

Middle English

Verb

dronken

  1. past participle of drynken
    • 14th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue
      And whan that he wel dronken hadde the wyn,
      Than wolde he speke no word but Latyn.
      And when he had drunk all the wine
      He would not speak a word other than Latin
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