bukken

Danish

Noun

bukken

1. definite nominative singular of buk

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bucken, also bocken, from Old Dutch *bukken, from Proto-Germanic *bukkijaną, related to *beuganą (“to bend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʏkə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: buk‧ken
• Rhymes: -ʏkən

Verb

bukken

1. (intransitive, reflexive) to duck, to bend down

Conjugation

Conjugation of bukken (weak)
infinitive	bukken
past singular	bukte
past participle	gebukt
infinitive	bukken
gerund	bukken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	buk	bukte
2nd person sing. (jij)	bukt, buk2	bukte
2nd person sing. (u)	bukt	bukte
2nd person sing. (gij)	bukt	bukte
3rd person singular	bukt	bukte
plural	bukken	bukten
subjunctive sing.1	bukke	bukte
subjunctive plur.1	bukken	bukten
imperative sing.	buk
imperative plur.1	bukt
participles	bukkend	gebukt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Descendants

• Afrikaans: buk
• Berbice Creole Dutch: boko
• Negerhollands: boek, bők
• → Papiamentu: bùk, bek, buk
• → Sranan Tongo: bukun, bukundun, bukundu

Further reading

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “bukken”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
• “bukken” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Japanese

Romanization

bukken

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぶっけん

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

bukken m

1. definite singular of bukk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bukken m

1. definite singular of bukk