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See also: Roken, rōken, and röken

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈroːkə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: ro‧ken
  • Rhymes: -oːkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch rôken. Equivalent to rook +‎ -en.

Verb

roken

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to smoke (a tobacco product, another drug, a surrogate, a foodstuff)
    Synonym: (of tobacco) paffen
    We roken een sigaret. ― We are smoking a cigarette.
    Maar ik rook niet. ― But I don't smoke.
    Vroeger werd er in zeemansbuurten veel opium gerookt. ― People used to smoke a lot of opium in the sailors' districts.
    Hij drinkt graag gerookte thee. ― He likes drinking smoked tea.
  2. (intransitive) to smoke, to produce smoke
    De motor rookte enorm. ― The engine produced a great amount of smoke.
Conjugation
More information Conjugation of (weak), infinitive ...
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Descendants
  • Afrikaans: rook
  • Negerhollands: rook
  • → Malay: rokok

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

roken

  1. inflection of ruiken:
    1. plural past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive
  2. inflection of rieken:
    1. plural past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From rooc +‎ -en.

Verb

rôken

  1. to smoke, to give off smoke
  2. to smoke, to preserve by treating with smoke

Inflection

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