laken

From Dutch laken.

laken (plural lakens)

1. sheet, bedsheet

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːkə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: la‧ken
• Rhymes: -aːkən

From Middle Dutch lāken, from Old Dutch *lakan, from Proto-Germanic *lakaną (“linen, cloth”).

laken n (plural lakens, diminutive lakentje n)

1. a type of woollen fabric, very sought-after for clothing in the feudal era (uncountable)
2. bedsheet

From Middle Dutch lāken. Equivalent to lak +‎ -en.

laken

1. (transitive) to criticize, reproach, denounce

   De gasten van dat groezelig motel laken tevergeefs de gebrekkige hygiëne van de lakens.

   The guests in that sleazy motel denounce in vain the poor sheets hygiene

• laakbaar

See the etymology of the main entry.

laken

1. Plural form of laak

From Old Dutch *lakan, from Proto-Germanic *lakaną.

lāken n

1. broadcloth

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: laken
• Limburgish: lake

From lac +‎ -en.

lāken

1. to decrease, to diminish, to become less
2. to lack, to be insufficient
3. to criticise, to denounce
4. to stain, to soil, to violate (honour or value)

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: laken

• “laken (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “laken (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “laken (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

From Middle Low German laken.

laken n (definite singular lakenet, indefinite plural laken or lakener, definite plural lakena or lakenene)

1. a bedsheet

• hvit som et laken

laken m

1. definite singular of lake

• “laken” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

laken m

1. definite singular of lake

laken

1. definite singular of lake