checken
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Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]checken
- (transitive) to check (up), to inspect, examine
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of checken (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | checken | |||
past singular | checkte | |||
past participle | gecheckt | |||
infinitive | checken | |||
gerund | checken n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | check | checkte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | checkt, check2 | checkte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | checkt | checkte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | checkt | checkte | ||
3rd person singular | checkt | checkte | ||
plural | checken | checkten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | checke | checkte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | checken | checkten | ||
imperative sing. | check | |||
imperative plur.1 | checkt | |||
participles | checkend | gecheckt | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Synonyms
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[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English check + -en.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]checken (weak or irregular weak, third-person singular present checkt, past tense checkte, past participle gecheckt or (proscribed) gechecked, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to check (up), to inspect, examine
- Ich werde die Sache mal checken. ― I'm going to have a look at this.
- (colloquial, transitive) to grasp, understand
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:begreifen
- Ich habe gar nichts gecheckt. ― I didn't understand a thing.
- 2000, “Da Draussen”, in Fettes Brot für die Welt, performed by Fettes Brot:
- Was wir heute produzieren wird erst in Jahren dann gecheckt
- What we produce today will only be understood years later.
- (juvenile slang) to get, to procure, to obtain, to gain
- Synonym: klären
- Antonym: verchecken
- Ich hab uns ein Bier gecheckt. ― I got us a beer.
Usage notes
[edit]- The senses 2 and 3 don't exist in English check.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | checken | ||||
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present participle | checkend | ||||
past participle | gecheckt gechecked1 | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich checke | wir checken | i | ich checke | wir checken |
du checkst | ihr checkt | du checkest | ihr checket | ||
er checkt | sie checken | er checke | sie checken | ||
preterite | ich checkte | wir checkten | ii | ich checkte2 | wir checkten2 |
du checktest | ihr checktet | du checktest2 | ihr checktet2 | ||
er checkte | sie checkten | er checkte2 | sie checkten2 | ||
imperative | check (du) checke (du) |
checkt (ihr) |
1Proscribed.
2Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
1Proscribed.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “checken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “checken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “checken” in Duden online
- “checken” in OpenThesaurus.de
Luxembourgish
[edit]Verb
[edit]checken (third-person singular present checkt, past participle gecheckt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to check
Conjugation
[edit]Regular | ||
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infinitive | checken | |
participle | gecheckt | |
auxiliary | hunn | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | checken | — |
2nd singular | checks | check |
3rd singular | checkt | — |
1st plural | checken | — |
2nd plural | checkt | checkt |
3rd plural | checken | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. |
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]checken
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