kakelen
Dutch
Etymology
An onomatopoeia. Similar to English cackle and Low German kakelen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaː.kə.lə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aːkələn
Verb
kakelen
- (intransitive) to cackle; to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does
- (intransitive, by extension) to cackle; to laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry
- (intransitive, by extension) to cackle; to talk in a silly manner; to prattle
Conjugation
| Conjugation of kakelen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | kakelen | |||
| past singular | kakelde | |||
| past participle | gekakeld | |||
| infinitive | kakelen | |||
| gerund | kakelen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | kakel | kakelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | kakelt, kakel2 | kakelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | kakelt | kakelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | kakelt | kakelde | ||
| 3rd person singular | kakelt | kakelde | ||
| plural | kakelen | kakelden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | kakele | kakelde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | kakelen | kakelden | ||
| imperative sing. | kakel | |||
| imperative plur.1 | kakelt | |||
| participles | kakelend | gekakeld | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||