naken
English
Alternative forms
- nakyn (Scotland)
Etymology
From Middle English nakenen, nacnen, equivalent to nake + -en.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪkən
Verb
naken (third-person singular simple present nakens, present participle nakening, simple past and past participle nakened)
- (transitive, UK, dialectal) To make naked; nake.
Anagrams
- Kenan, Kenna
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch nâken, from Old Dutch nāken, from Proto-Germanic *nēkijaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnaːkə(n)/
Audio (file)
Verb
naken
- (intransitive) to draw near, to approach, to be imminent
- het nakende onweer ― the approaching thunderstorm
Inflection
| Inflection of naken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | naken | |||
| past singular | naakte | |||
| past participle | genaakt | |||
| infinitive | naken | |||
| gerund | naken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | naak | naakte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | naakt | naakte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | naakt | naakte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | naakt | naakte | ||
| 3rd person singular | naakt | naakte | ||
| plural | naken | naakten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | nake | naakte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | naken | naakten | ||
| imperative sing. | naak | |||
| imperative plur.1 | naakt | |||
| participles | nakend | genaakt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- genaken
Anagrams
- kanen
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch nāken, from Proto-Germanic *nēkijaną.
Verb
nâken
- to approach, to near
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: naken
Further reading
- “naken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “naken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
Alternative forms
- nake, nakyn, nakkin, nakyne
Etymology
Inherited from Old English nacian, from Proto-Germanic *nakwōną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnaːkən/, /ˈnakən/
Verb
naken
- To remove clothes or make naked; to nake.
- To remove; to expose or make visible.
Conjugation
| infinitive | (to) naken, nake | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | nake | naked | |
| 2nd-person singular | nakest | nakedest | |
| 3rd-person singular | naketh | naked | |
| subjunctive singular | nake | ||
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural1 | naken, nake | nakeden, nakede | |
| imperative plural | naketh, nake | — | |
| participles | nakynge, nakende | naked, ynaked | |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Derived terms
- nakenen
Descendants
- English: nake
- Scots: nake
References
- “nāken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-21.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse nakinn, nǫkkviðr (“naked”), from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (“naked, bare”).
Adjective
naken (neuter singular nakent, definite singular and plural nakne, comparative naknere, indefinite superlative naknest, definite superlative nakneste)
- nude, naked, bare
Derived terms
- nakenhet
- nakenstrand
References
- “naken” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse nakinn, nǫkkviðr (“naked”), from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (“naked, bare”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²naːçən/, [²nɐ̞ːçən], [²nɐ̞ːc͡çən]
- (newer or regional) IPA(key): /²naːkən/, [²nɐ̞ːkən]
- Rhymes: -çən
- Hyphenation: na‧ken
Adjective
naken (comparative naknare, superlative naknast)
- naked, nude, bare
Declension
| comparative | naknare | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| superlative | naknast | ||
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative-accusative | naken | naken, naki1, naka2 | nake, nakent |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative-accusative | nakne | nakne, nakna3 | nakne |
Derived terms
- nakenstrand
References
- “naken” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *nēkijaną.
Verb
nāken
- to approach, to near, to come closer
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: nâken
- Dutch: naken
Further reading
- “nāken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse nakinn, nǫkkviðr (“naked”), from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (“naked, bare”).
Pronunciation
audio (file)
Adjective
naken (comparative naknare, superlative naknast)
- nude, naked; without clothes
Declension
| Inflection of naken | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | naken | naknare | naknast |
| Neuter singular | naket | naknare | naknast |
| Plural | nakna | naknare | naknast |
| Masculine plural3 | nakne | naknare | naknast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | nakne | naknare | naknaste |
| All | nakna | naknare | naknaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Derived terms
- halvnaken
- nakenbad
- nakenbada
- nakenchock
- nakendans
- nakenhet
- nakenhund
- nakeninspelning
- nakenkultur
- nakenscen
- nakenstaty
- nakenstrand
Further reading
- naken in Svensk ordbok.
Anagrams
- nakne