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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English nakenen, nacnen, equivalent to nake + -en.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -eɪkən
Verb
[edit]naken (third-person singular simple present nakens, present participle nakening, simple past and past participle nakened)
- (transitive, UK, dialectal) To make naked; nake.
Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch nâken, from Old Dutch nāken, from Proto-Germanic *nēkijaną.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]naken
- (intransitive) to draw near, to approach, to be imminent
- het nakende onweer ― the approaching thunderstorm
Conjugation
[edit]| Conjugation 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, naak2 | 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. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Middle Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Dutch nāken, from Proto-Germanic *nēkijaną.
Verb
[edit]nâken
Inflection
[edit]This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
[edit]- Dutch: naken
Further reading
[edit]- “naken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “naken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old English nacian, from Proto-Germanic *nakwōną.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]naken
- To remove clothes or make naked; to nake.
- c. 1380s [c. 524], Geoffrey, transl. Chaucer, Boethius de Consolatione Philosophiae, book 4, metre 7, translation of The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius, line 70; republished in The Complete Works Of Geoffrey Chaucer, London: Oxford University Press, 1912, page 192:
- O nyce men, why nake ye youre bakkes?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- To remove; to expose or make visible.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of naken (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “nāken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-21.
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse nakinn, nǫkkviðr (“naked”), from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (“naked, bare”).
Adjective
[edit]naken (neuter singular nakent, definite singular and plural nakne, comparative naknere, indefinite superlative naknest, definite superlative nakneste)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “naken” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse nakinn, nǫkkviðr (“naked”), from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (“naked, bare”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /²naːçən/, [²nɐ̞ːçən], [²nɐ̞ːc͡çən]
- (newer or regional) IPA(key): /²naːkən/, [²nɐ̞ːkən]
- Rhymes: -çən
- Hyphenation: na‧ken
Adjective
[edit]naken (comparative naknare, superlative naknast)
Declension
[edit]Declension of naken
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “naken” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *nēkijaną.
Verb
[edit]nāken
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of nāken (weak class 1)
| infinitive | nāken | |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st person singular | nāco, nācon | nākida |
| 2nd person singular | nākis, nākist | nākidos |
| 3rd person singular | nākit | nākida |
| 1st person plural | nāken | nākidun |
| 2nd person plural | nākit | nākidut |
| 3rd person plural | nākent | nākidun |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st person singular | nāke | nākidi |
| 2nd person singular | nākes, nākest | nākidis |
| 3rd person singular | nāke | nākidi |
| 1st person plural | nāken | nākidin |
| 2nd person plural | nāket | nākidit |
| 3rd person plural | nāken | nākidin |
| imperative | present | |
| singular | nāki | |
| plural | nākit | |
| participle | present | past |
| nākendi | nākit, ginākit | |
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “nāken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Swedish
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Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse nakinn, nǫkkviðr (“naked”), from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (“naked, bare”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Adjective
[edit]naken (comparative naknare, superlative naknast)
- naked
- Har man inga kläder på sig så är man naken
- If you have no clothes on, you are naked
- nakenråtta
- naked mole rat [naked-rat]
- Den nakna sanningen
- The naked truth
Declension
[edit]| 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
[edit]- halvnaken
- nakenbad
- nakenbada
- nakenchock
- nakendans
- nakenhet
- nakenhund
- nakeninspelning
- nakenkultur
- nakenscen
- nakenstaty
- nakenstrand
References
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