loochenen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch logenen, loghenen, loochenen. Cognate with German leugnen. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈloː.xə.nə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: loo‧che‧nen
Verb
loochenen
- (transitive) to deny, to withsay (to assert the falsity or non-existence of)
- 1875, Julius van B....r, Atchin. Driemaal begraven, publ. by A Tjaden, page 120.
- Het fiere meisje loochende alle schuld en daar grootsche karakters, gelijk het hare, maar zelden door de omgeving, waarin zij geplaatst zijn, worden begrepen, maakte ook hare edele houding niet dien indruk op de verbitterde gemoederen harer rechters, als zij verdiend had.
- 1875, Julius van B....r, Atchin. Driemaal begraven, publ. by A Tjaden, page 120.
- (obsolete, transitive) to disavow, to deny
Inflection
| Inflection of loochenen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | loochenen | |||
| past singular | loochende | |||
| past participle | geloochend | |||
| infinitive | loochenen | |||
| gerund | loochenen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | loochen | loochende | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | loochent | loochende | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | loochent | loochende | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | loochent | loochende | ||
| 3rd person singular | loochent | loochende | ||
| plural | loochenen | loochenden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | loochene | loochende | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | loochenen | loochenden | ||
| imperative sing. | loochen | |||
| imperative plur.1 | loochent | |||
| participles | loochenend | geloochend | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- afloochenen
- beloochenen
- geloochenen
- ontloochenen
- verloochenen
- wegloochenen