roken

See also: Roken, rōken, and röken

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈroːkə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: ro‧ken
  • Rhymes: -oːkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch rôken. Equivalent to rook +‎ -en.

Verb

roken

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to smoke (a tobacco product, another drug, a surrogate, a foodstuff)
    We roken een sigaret. ― We are smoking a cigarette.
    Maar ik rook niet. ― But I don't smoke.
    Vroeger werd er in zeemansbuurten veel opium gerookt. ― People used to smoke a lot of opium in the sailors' districts.
    Hij drinkt graag gerookte thee. ― He likes drinking smoked tea.
  2. (intransitive) to smoke, to produce smoke
    De motor rookte enorm. ― The engine produced a great amount of smoke.
Conjugation
Conjugation of roken (weak)
infinitive roken
past singular rookte
past participle gerookt
infinitive roken
gerund roken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular rookrookte
2nd person sing. (jij) rooktrookte
2nd person sing. (u) rooktrookte
2nd person sing. (gij) rooktrookte
3rd person singular rooktrookte
plural rokenrookten
subjunctive sing.1 rokerookte
subjunctive plur.1 rokenrookten
imperative sing. rook
imperative plur.1 rookt
participles rokendgerookt
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: rook
  • Negerhollands: rook
  • → Malay: rokok

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

roken

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

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From rooc +‎ -en.

Verb

rôken

  1. to smoke, to give off smoke
  2. to smoke, to preserve by treating with smoke

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading
  • “roken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “roken (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
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