aken
See also: Aken, åken, akẹn, Âken, and Äken
English
Etymology 1
From Old English ācennan or gecennan, equivalent to a- + cennan (“to give birth to”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈkɛn/
- Rhymes: -ɛn
Verb
aken (third-person singular simple present akens, present participle akenning, simple past and past participle akenned)
- (obsolete) To bear, give birth to. (Usually in the past participle.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeɪkən/
- Rhymes: -eɪkən
Verb
aken
- (obsolete) alternative past participle of ache.
Anagrams
- Kane, Kean, enka, kaen, kena, nake
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Noun
aken
- Plural form of aak
Anagrams
- kane, nake
Estonian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic окъно (okŭno). Cognate to Finnish ikkuna and akkuna.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -en
Noun
aken (genitive akna, partitive akent)
- window
Declension
Inflection of aken (ÕS type 8/küünal, length gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | aken | aknad |
| accusative | akna | aknad |
| genitive | akna | akende |
| partitive | akent | aknaid |
| illative | aknasse | akendesse aknaisse |
| inessive | aknas | akendes aknais |
| elative | aknast | akendest aknaist |
| allative | aknale | akendele aknaile |
| adessive | aknal | akendel aknail |
| ablative | aknalt | akendelt aknailt |
| translative | aknaks | akendeks aknaiks |
| terminative | aknani | akendeni |
| essive | aknana | akendena |
| abessive | aknata | akendeta |
| comitative | aknaga | akendega |
Middle Dutch
Etymology
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Noun
âken ?
- Aachen (a city in modern Germany)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: Aken
- Limburgish: Aoke
Further reading
- “aken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English acan, from Proto-West Germanic *akan, from Proto-Germanic *akaną; equivalent to ache + -en (infinitival suffix).
Alternative forms
- ake, eken
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːkən/, /ˈɛːkən/, /ˈɔːkən/
Verb
aken
- To ache, to hurt.
Conjugation
Conjugation of aken (strong class 6 or weak in -ed)
| infinitive | (to) aken, ake | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | ake | ok, aked | |
| 2nd-person singular | akest | oke, ok, akedest | |
| 3rd-person singular | aketh | ok, aked | |
| subjunctive singular | ake | oke1, aked1 | |
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural2 | aken, ake | oken, oke, akeden, akede | |
| imperative plural | aketh, ake | — | |
| participles | akynge, akende | aken, aked | |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
- English: ache
- Scots: ake
References
- “āken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-14.
Adjective
aken
- Alternative form of oken