teken

Afrikaans

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtiə̯kən/

Etymology 1

From Dutch teken, from Middle Dutch têken, teiken, from Old Dutch *tēkan, *teikan, from Proto-Germanic *taikną. Doublet of teiken (“target, goal”). Cognate with German Zeichen, English token.

Noun

teken (plural tekens, diminutive tekentjie)

  1. sign; signal

Etymology 2

From Dutch tekenen, from Middle Dutch têkenen, from Old Dutch *tēkanen, from Proto-Germanic *taiknijaną, from etymology 1. Cognate with German zeichnen.

Noun

teken (present teken, present participle tekenende, past participle geteken)

  1. to draw; to sketch
  2. to sign; to subscribe

Dutch

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -eːkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch têken, from Old Dutch *tēkan, from Proto-Germanic *taikną.

Noun

teken n (plural tekenen or tekens, diminutive tekentje n)

  1. sign
    De firma kent sterren aan restaurants toe als teken van de kwaliteit. ― The firm confers stars to restaurants as a sign of quality.
  2. signal
  3. character
    Chinese tekens ― Chinese characters.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

teken

  1. Plural form of teek

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

teken

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tekenen
  2. imperative of tekenen

Anagrams

Low German

Verb

teken (past singular teken, past participle tekent, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to draw, sign

Conjugation
Conjugation of teken (weak verb, irregular)
infinitive teken
indicative present preterite
1st person singular teken teken
2nd person singular tekens(t) tekens(t)
3rd person singular teken(t) teken
plural tekent, tekenen teeknen, teken
imperative present —
singular teken(e)
plural tekent
participle present past
teken (e)tekent, getekent
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *tēkan, from Proto-Germanic *taikną.

Noun

têken n

  1. mark, sign
  2. gesture
  3. signal
  4. sign, indication
  5. mark, wound

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Limburgish: teike

Further reading
  • “teken (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “teken (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

teken

  1. masculine and feminine past participle of ta, taka and take

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *taikną.

Noun

tēken n

  1. sign

Inflection
Declension of tēken (neuter a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative tēken tēken
accusative tēken tēken
genitive tēkenes tēkena
dative tēkene tēkenum, tēkenem

Descendants
  • North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: teeken
  • West Frisian: teken
  • Saterland Frisian: Teeken

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian tēken, from Proto-Germanic *taikną.

Noun

teken n (plural tekens, diminutive tekentsje)

  1. sign
  2. mark
  3. symbol

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “teken”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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