plukken

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplʏkə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: pluk‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ʏkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch plucken, from Old Dutch *plukkon, from Proto-West Germanic *plukkōn, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *plukkōną, *plukkijaną; see there for more.

Verb

plukken

  1. (transitive) to pluck (i.e. to pull something sharply or to pull something out)
  2. (transitive) to deprive (someone, something) of most possessions; to rob somebody blind
Conjugation
Conjugation of plukken (weak)
infinitive plukken
past singular plukte
past participle geplukt
infinitive plukken
gerund plukken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular pluk plukte
2nd person sing. (jij) plukt, pluk2 plukte
2nd person sing. (u) plukt plukte
2nd person sing. (gij) plukt plukte
3rd person singular plukt plukte
plural plukken plukten
subjunctive sing.1 plukke plukte
subjunctive plur.1 plukken plukten
imperative sing. pluk
imperative plur.1 plukt
participles plukkend geplukt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: pluk
  • Jersey Dutch: plökke

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

plukken

  1. plural of pluk

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English pluccian, from Proto-West Germanic *plukkōn, from Proto-Germanic *plukkōną. Compare plicchen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplukən/

Verb

plukken (third-person singular simple present plukketh, present participle plukkende, plukkynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle plukked)

  1. To pluck; to pull or yank out:
    1. To pluck bare; to leave featherless or hairless.
    2. To pick; to remove from a plant.
    3. (figuratively) To remove or seize.
  2. To drag, yank or tug.
  3. (figuratively) To entice or induce.

Conjugation

Conjugation of plukken (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) plukken, plukke
present tense past tense
1st-person singular plukke plukked
2nd-person singular plukkest plukkedest
3rd-person singular plukketh plukked
subjunctive singular plukke
imperative singular
plural1 plukken, plukke plukkeden, plukkede
imperative plural plukketh, plukke
participles plukkynge, plukkende plukked, yplukked

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

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