roeken

See also: röken

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈru.kə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: roe‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ukən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch roeken, from Old Dutch ruoken, from Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną.

Verb

roeken

  1. (obsolete, transitive) to pay attention to, to heed
  2. (obsolete, transitive) to care about, to worry about
Inflection
Inflection of roeken (weak with past in -cht)
infinitive roeken
past singular rocht
past participle gerocht
infinitive roeken
gerund roeken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular roekrocht
2nd person sing. (jij) roektrocht
2nd person sing. (u) roektrocht
2nd person sing. (gij) roektrocht
3rd person singular roektrocht
plural roekenrochten
subjunctive sing.1 roekerochte
subjunctive plur.1 roekenrochten
imperative sing. roek
imperative plur.1 roekt
participles roekendgerocht
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

roeken

  1. Plural form of roek

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch ruoken.

Verb

roeken

  1. (transitive) to focus on, to long for
  2. (transitive) to care about, to worry about

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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