rekken

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛ.kən/
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  • Hyphenation: rek‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɛkən
  • Homophone: Rekken

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch recken, from Old Dutch *rekken, from Proto-West Germanic *rakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *rakjaną (“to stretch, to straighten”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵéyeti.

Verb

rekken

  1. to stretch
  2. to prolong (in duration)
    Synonym: verlengen
Inflection
Inflection of rekken (weak)
infinitive rekken
past singular rekte
past participle gerekt
infinitive rekken
gerund rekken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular rekrekte
2nd person sing. (jij) rektrekte
2nd person sing. (u) rektrekte
2nd person sing. (gij) rektrekte
3rd person singular rektrekte
plural rekkenrekten
subjunctive sing.1 rekkerekte
subjunctive plur.1 rekkenrekten
imperative sing. rek
imperative plur.1 rekt
participles rekkendgerekt
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Caribbean Javanese: règ, ngerèg
  • → Papiamentu: rèk, rek

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

rekken

  1. plural of rek

Anagrams

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Alternative forms

Noun

rekken m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of rekke
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