schrikken

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsxrɪkə(n)/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: schrik‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɪkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch schricken, from Old Dutch *skrikken, from Proto-Germanic *skrikjaną; the ultimate origin is uncertain, possibly related to *skeraną (“to shear”) or *skrīaną (“to scream”).[1] Also compare Old Norse skaga (“to jut out”).

Verb

schrikken

  1. (intransitive) to be startled, to get a scare
    Niet schrikken!
    Don't be startled!
  2. (transitive) to quench (cool rapidly by immersion)
Inflection
Conjugation of schrikken (strong class 3a)
infinitive schrikken
past singular schrok
past participle geschrokken
infinitive schrikken
gerund schrikken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular schrikschrok
2nd person sing. (jij) schriktschrok
2nd person sing. (u) schriktschrok
2nd person sing. (gij) schriktschrokt
3rd person singular schriktschrok
plural schrikkenschrokken
subjunctive sing.1 schrikkeschrokke
subjunctive plur.1 schrikkenschrokken
imperative sing. schrik
imperative plur.1 schrikt
participles schrikkendgeschrokken
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: skrik
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: skreki, skriki
  • Negerhollands: skrek, skrik
  • → Aukan: sikeleki
  • → Sranan Tongo: skreki
See also

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883) “schreken”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

schrikken

  1. plural of schrik
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