luken

See also: Luken

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luken/ [lu.kẽn]
• Rhymes: -uken, -en
• Hyphenation: lu‧ken

Verb

luken

1. Feminine allocutive form of litzateke.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *lūcan, from Proto-West Germanic *lūkan (“to close, shut”).

Verb

luken

1. (transitive) to close, to shut
2. (intransitive) to close, to become closed

Inflection

Conjugation of luken (strong class 2)

infinitive	base form	luken
	genitive	lukens
	dative	lukene
		indicative			subjunctive
		present	past		present	past
1st person singular		luke	lôoc		luke	lōke
2nd person singular		luucs, lukes	lōocs, lōkes		luucs, lukes	lōkes
3rd person singular		luuct, luket	lôoc		luke	lōke
1st person plural		luken	lōken		luken	lōken
2nd person plural		luuct, luket	lōoct, lōket		luuct, luket	lōket
3rd person plural		luken	lōken		luken	lōken
		imperative
singular		luuc, luke
plural		luuct, luket
		present	past
participle		lukende	gelōken

Derived terms

• loke

Descendants

• Dutch: luiken

Further reading

• “luken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “luken (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• luka

Noun

luken m or f

1. definite masculine singular of luke