plukken

• IPA^(key): /ˈplʏkə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: pluk‧ken
• Rhymes: -ʏkən

From Middle Dutch plucken, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *plukkijaną; see there for more.

plukken

1. (transitive) to pluck (i.e. to pull something sharply or to pull something out)
2. (transitive) to deprive (someone, something) of most possessions; to rob somebody blind

• afplukken
• kaalplukken
• losplukken
• pluk
• pluksel
• wildplukken

• Afrikaans: pluk
• Jersey Dutch: plökke

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

plukken

1. plural of pluk

• ploke, plokke, plucke, pluk, pluke, plukke, plukkyn

From Old English pluccian, from Proto-West Germanic *plukkōn, from Proto-Germanic *plukkōną. Compare plicchen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈplukən/

plukken (third-person singular simple present plukketh, present participle plukkende, plukkynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle plukked)

1. To pluck; to pull or yank out:
   1. To pluck bare; to leave featherless or hairless.
   2. To pick; to remove from a plant.
   3. (figuratively) To remove or seize.
2. To drag, yank or tug.
3. (figuratively) To entice or induce.

• English: pluck
• Scots: pluck

• “plukken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.