kweken

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkʋeː.kə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: kwe‧ken
  • Rhymes: -eːkən

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch queken. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

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kweken

  1. (transitive) to breed animals
  2. (transitive) to grow a crop or other plants
  3. (intransitive) to breed, procreate
  4. (transitive) to develop a property
Conjugation
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Conjugation of kweken (weak)
infinitive kweken
past singular kweekte
past participle gekweekt
infinitive kweken
gerund kweken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular kweek kweekte
2nd person sing. (jij) kweekt, kweek2 kweekte
2nd person sing. (u) kweekt kweekte
2nd person sing. (gij) kweekt kweekte
3rd person singular kweekt kweekte
plural kweken kweekten
subjunctive sing.1 kweke kweekte
subjunctive plur.1 kweken kweekten
imperative sing. kweek
imperative plur.1 kweekt
participles kwekend gekweekt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Negerhollands: queek
  • Aukan: kweki

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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kweken

  1. plural of kweek

Etymology 3

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Onomatopoeia.

Verb

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kweken

  1. (intransitive) to quack, make a certain bird noise
Conjugation
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Conjugation of kweken (weak)
infinitive kweken
past singular kweekte
past participle gekweekt
infinitive kweken
gerund kweken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular kweek kweekte
2nd person sing. (jij) kweekt, kweek2 kweekte
2nd person sing. (u) kweekt kweekte
2nd person sing. (gij) kweekt kweekte
3rd person singular kweekt kweekte
plural kweken kweekten
subjunctive sing.1 kweke kweekte
subjunctive plur.1 kweken kweekten
imperative sing. kweek
imperative plur.1 kweekt
participles kwekend gekweekt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.