laken
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch laken.
Noun
laken (plural lakens)
- sheet, bedsheet
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlaːkə(n)/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: la‧ken
- Rhymes: -aːkən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch lāken, from Old Dutch *lakan, from Proto-Germanic *lakaną (“linen, cloth”).
Noun
laken n (plural lakens, diminutive lakentje n)
- (uncountable) woollen broadcloth (fulled and woven fabric made of wool), very sought-after for clothing in the feudal era
- (countable) bedsheet
Derived terms
- bedlaken
- hoeslaken
- lakenbereider
- lakenfabriek, lakenfabrikant
- lakenhal
- lakenhandel
- lakenhandelaar
- lakenhoes
- lakenlood
- lakenscheerder
- lakenstad
- lakenstempel
- onderlaken
Descendants
- Negerhollands: laak, laeken, laken
- → Caribbean Javanese: laken
- → Papiamentu: laken, laker
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch lāken. Equivalent to lak + -en.
Verb
laken
- (transitive) to criticize, reproach, denounce
- De gasten van dat groezelig motel laken tevergeefs de gebrekkige hygiëne van de lakens.
- The guests in that sleazy motel denounce in vain the poor sheets hygiene.
Inflection
| Inflection of laken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | laken | |||
| past singular | laakte | |||
| past participle | gelaakt | |||
| infinitive | laken | |||
| gerund | laken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | laak | laakte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | laakt | laakte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | laakt | laakte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | laakt | laakte | ||
| 3rd person singular | laakt | laakte | ||
| plural | laken | laakten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | lake | laakte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | laken | laakten | ||
| imperative sing. | laak | |||
| imperative plur.1 | laakt | |||
| participles | lakend | gelaakt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- laakbaar
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
laken
- Plural form of laak
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch *lakan, from Proto-Germanic *lakaną.
Noun
lāken n
- broadcloth
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: laken
- Limburgish: lake
Etymology 2
From lac + -en, from Proto-Germanic *laka-, related to *lak(k)ōn- (“to blame, reproach”), from Proto-Indo-European *lok-néh₂-. Cognate with English lack.
Verb
lāken
- to decrease, to diminish, to become less
- to lack, to be insufficient
- to criticise, to denounce
- to stain, to soil, to violate (honour or value)
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: laken
Further reading
- “laken (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “laken (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “laken (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page IV
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German laken.
Noun
laken n (definite singular lakenet, indefinite plural laken or lakener, definite plural lakena or lakenene)
- a bedsheet
Derived terms
- hvit som et laken
Noun
laken m
- definite singular of lake
References
- “laken” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
laken m
- definite singular of lake
Swedish
Noun
laken
- definite singular of lake.
Anagrams
- alken, ankel, enkla, kanel