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单词 welken
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welken

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch welken; according to Kluge, ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *wolkn (cloud). Akin to German welken, English welk.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛlkən

Verb

welken

  1. to wither
Inflection
Inflection of welken (weak)
infinitivewelken
past singularwelkte
past participlegewelkt
infinitivewelken
gerundwelken n
present tensepast tense
1st person singularwelkwelkte
2nd person sing. (jij)welktwelkte
2nd person sing. (u)welktwelkte
2nd person sing. (gij)welktwelkte
3rd person singularwelktwelkte
pluralwelkenwelkten
subjunctive sing.1welkewelkte
subjunctive plur.1welkenwelkten
imperative sing.welk
imperative plur.1welkt
participleswelkendgewelkt
1) Archaic.

Pronoun

welken

  1. (relative, dated) to which, to whom
Declension
Declension of welk
MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominativewelkewelkewelkwelke
Genitivewelkswelkerwelkswelker
Dativewelkenwelkerwelkenwelken
Accusativewelkenwelkewelkwelke

German

Etymology

From Middle High German welken, from Old High German welkēn. According to Kluge, ultimately from the root of Wolke (cloud).

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • (file)

Verb

welken (weak, third-person singular present welkt, past tense welkte, past participle gewelkt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to wither

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • Welken
  • abwelken
  • dahinwelken
  • hinwelken
  • verwelken
  • welk

Further reading

  • welken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • welken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • welken” in Duden online
  • welken” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English wolcnu, plural of wolcen, wolcn, from Proto-West Germanic *wolkn, from Proto-Germanic *wulkaną.

Alternative forms

  • welkne, welkene, wolken, wolkne, walkyn, wolkene, walkene, walkne, welkyn, walkon
  • weolcne, wolcn, wlcne, wolcnu, walcne, weolkne, wolcne (early)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɛlkən/, /ˈwɛlk(ə)nə/, /ˈwɔlkən/, /ˈwɔlk(ə)nə/

Noun

welken

  1. The atmosphere; the area where weather happens.
  2. The space or air surrounding the Earth or; the heavens or welkin.
    • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Clerke of Oxenfordes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], OCLC 230972125; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, [], [London]: [] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes [], 1542, OCLC 932884868, folio liiii, verso, part 6:
      Thus hath this pytous day a blyſful ende / For euery man & woman doth hys myght / Thys daye in myrth and reuel to dyſpende / Tyl on the welken ſhone the ſterres bryght / For more ſolempne in euery mannes ſyght / Thys feeſt was, and greater of coſtage / Then was the reuel of her mariage
      Thus hath this piteous day a blissful end / For every man & woman doth his might / This day in mirth and revel to dispend / Till on the welkin shone the stars bright / For more solemn in every man's sight / This feast was, and greater of costage / Than was the revel of her marriage
  3. A division or layer of this space; an atmospheric region.
  4. (Early Middle English) A cloud (mass of water droplets)
Descendants
  • English: welkin
References
  • welken, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-20.

Etymology 2

Possibly related to or from Middle Low German welken or Middle Dutch welken, ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *wolkn (cloud). Compare also Middle English walwen (to fade, wither), from Old English wealwian.

Alternative forms

  • welkyn, welke, welk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɛlkən/

Verb

welken

  1. To become dry or aged; to decay or wither (of plants or people)
  2. (rare) To crinkle or become roughened or creased.
  3. (rare) To turn or grow desolate or lifeless.
Conjugation
Descendants
  • English: welk
  • Scots: welk
References
  • welken, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-20.
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