leken

leken

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleː.kə(n)/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eːkən
• Hyphenation: le‧ken

Noun

leken

1. Plural form of leek

Verb

leken

1. plural past indicative and subjunctive of lijken

Anagrams

• enkel

---

Hungarian

Etymology

le- (“down; fully”) +‎ ken (“smear”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛkɛn]
• Hyphenation: le‧ken
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Verb

leken

1. (transitive, of machinery) to grease, to lubricate
2. (transitive, of hair) to smarm (to flatten the hair, etc. with cream or grease)
3. (transitive, colloquial) to slap someone on the face

Conjugation

conjugation of leken

			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	lekenek	lekensz	leken	lekenünk	lekentek	lekennek
		Def.	lekenem	lekened	lekeni	lekenjük	lekenitek	lekenik
		2nd-p. o.	lekenlek	―
	Past	Indef.	lekentem	lekentél	lekent	lekentünk	lekentetek	lekentek
		Def.	lekentem	lekented	lekente	lekentük	lekentétek	lekenték
		2nd-p. o.	lekentelek	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	lekennék	lekennél	lekenne	lekennénk	lekennétek	lekennének
		Def.	lekenném	lekennéd	lekenné	lekennénk (or lekennők)	lekennétek	lekennék
		2nd-p. o.	lekennélek	―
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	lekenjek	lekenj or lekenjél	lekenjen	lekenjünk	lekenjetek	lekenjenek
		Def.	lekenjem	lekend or lekenjed	lekenje	lekenjük	lekenjétek	lekenjék
		2nd-p. o.	lekenjelek	―
Infinitive	lekenni		lekennem	lekenned	lekennie	lekennünk	lekennetek	lekenniük
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
			lekenés	lekenő	lekent	lekenendő	lekenve	lekenhet

Derived terms

• lekenés

 

Further reading

• leken in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

---

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *lekan, from Proto-Germanic *lekaną.

Verb

lēken

1. to leak, to be leaky
2. to leak away, to flow away (of a liquid)

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: lekken
• Limburgish: laeke

Further reading

• “leken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “leken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

---

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (of leke) leka

Noun

leken m or f

1. definite masculine singular of leke

leken m

1. definite singular of lek

---

Swedish

Noun

leken

1. definite singular of lek.

Anagrams

• enkel, enkle