Danish

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Noun

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bakken c

  1. definite singular of bakke

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch backen, baken, from Old Dutch *bakkan, *bakan, from Proto-West Germanic *bakan, from Proto-Germanic *bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑkə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: bak‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɑkən

Verb

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bakken

  1. (ergative) to bake
  2. (ergative) to pan-fry

Usage notes

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  • (pan-fry): The distinction between bakken and braden is somewhat unclear and depending on idiolect. The general word for pan-frying is bakken, but braden may alternatively be used with meat. Many speakers use braden chiefly in the sense of “to roast, to grill”.

Inflection

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Conjugation of bakken (weak with strong past participle)
infinitive bakken
past singular bakte
past participle gebakken
infinitive bakken
gerund bakken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bak bakte
2nd person sing. (jij) bakt, bak2 bakte
2nd person sing. (u) bakt bakte
2nd person sing. (gij) bakt bakte
3rd person singular bakt bakte
plural bakken bakten
subjunctive sing.1 bakke bakte
subjunctive plur.1 bakken bakten
imperative sing. bak
imperative plur.1 bakt
participles bakkend gebakken
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: bak
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: baki
  • Negerhollands: bak
  • ? Aukan: baka
  • Caribbean Hindustani: báká kare
  • ? Saramaccan: báka
  • ? Sranan Tongo: baka

Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈbɑkːən/

Noun

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bakken m

  1. definite singular of bakke

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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bakken m

  1. definite singular of bakke