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duiken

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch duken, from Old Dutch *dūcan, from Proto-West Germanic *dūkan, from Proto-Germanic *dūkaną. Cognate with English (to) duck.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdœy̯kə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: dui‧ken
  • Rhymes: -œy̯kən

Verb

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duiken

  1. (intransitive) to dive

Conjugation

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Conjugation of duiken (strong class 2b)
infinitive duiken
past singular dook
past participle gedoken
infinitive duiken
gerund duiken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular duik dook
2nd person sing. (jij) duikt, duik2 dook
2nd person sing. (u) duikt dook
2nd person sing. (gij) duikt dookt
3rd person singular duikt dook
plural duiken doken
subjunctive sing.1 duike doke
subjunctive plur.1 duiken doken
imperative sing. duik
imperative plur.1 duikt
participles duikend gedoken
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: duik
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: duglu
  • Negerhollands: dou, dukkel, dikl
  • Aukan: duku
  • Caribbean Javanese: ngedhog
  • Saramaccan: dóki