leken

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈleː.kə(n)/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -eːkən
  • Hyphenation: le‧ken

Noun

leken

  1. Plural form of leek

Verb

leken

  1. plural past indicative and subjunctive of lijken

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

le- (“down; fully”) +‎ ken (“smear”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛkɛn]
  • Hyphenation: le‧ken

Verb

leken

  1. (transitive, of machinery) to grease, to lubricate
  2. (transitive, of hair) to smarm (to flatten the hair, etc. with cream or grease)
  3. (transitive, colloquial) to slap someone on the face

Conjugation
conjugation of leken
Infinitive lekenni
Past participle lekent
Present participle lekenő
Future participle lekenendő
Adverbial participle lekenve
Potential lekenhet
1st person sg 2nd person sg informal 3rd person sg,
2nd person sg formal		 1st person pl 2nd person pl informal 3rd person pl,
2nd person pl formal
Indicative mood Present Indefinite lekenek lekensz leken lekenünk lekentek lekennek
Definite lekenem
én téged/titeket
lekenlek		 lekened lekeni lekenjük lekenitek lekenik
Past Indefinite lekentem lekentél lekent lekentünk lekentetek lekentek
Definite lekentem
én téged/titeket
lekentelek		 lekented lekente lekentük lekentétek lekenték
Conditional mood Present Indefinite lekennék lekennél lekenne lekennénk lekennétek lekennének
Definite lekenném
én téged/titeket
lekennélek		 lekennéd lekenné lekennénk lekennétek lekennék
Subjunctive mood Present Indefinite lekenjek lekenj
or
lekenjél		 lekenjen lekenjünk lekenjetek lekenjenek
Definite lekenjem
én téged/titeket
lekenjelek		 lekend
or
lekenjed		 lekenje lekenjük lekenjétek lekenjék
Conjugated infinitive lekennem lekenned lekennie lekennünk lekennetek lekenniük

Derived terms
  • lekenés

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *lekan, from Proto-Germanic *lekaną.

Verb

lēken

  1. to leak, to be leaky
  2. to leak away, to flow away (of a liquid)

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading
  • “leken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “leken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

leken m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of leke

leken m

  1. definite singular of lek

Swedish

Noun

leken

  1. definite singular of lek
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