rokeren
Dutch
Alternative forms
- rocheren (superseded, dated)
- rocheeren, rokeeren, roqueeren (obsolete)
- roqueren (superseded, dated)
Etymology
Ultimately from Middle French roquer, from roc (“rock, chess castle”). First attested in the early nineteenth century, with many variants.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /roːˈkeːrə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ro‧ke‧ren
- Rhymes: -eːrən
Verb
rokeren
- To castle (perform the chess move of castling, in which one exchanges the king and a castle)
Inflection
| Inflection of rokeren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | rokeren | |||
| past singular | rokeerde | |||
| past participle | gerokeerd | |||
| infinitive | rokeren | |||
| gerund | rokeren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | rokeer | rokeerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | rokeert | rokeerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | rokeert | rokeerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | rokeert | rokeerde | ||
| 3rd person singular | rokeert | rokeerde | ||
| plural | rokeren | rokeerden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | rokere | rokeerde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | rokeren | rokeerden | ||
| imperative sing. | rokeer | |||
| imperative plur.1 | rokeert | |||
| participles | rokerend | gerokeerd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Related terms
- rokade