fokje

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

fokje n (plural fokjes)

1. diminutive of fok

West Frisian

Etymology 1

Related to Dutch fokken, from Middle Dutch focken, vocken, possibly of Scandinavian origin (compare Norwegian fukka, Swedish fokka), which, if true, would be derived from Proto-Germanic *fukkōną (“to strike, to assail, to copulate”). Likely related to English fuck or German ficken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔkjə/

Verb

fokje

1. (transitive) to breed (animals)
2. (intransitive) to breed, beget, bring forth

Conjugation

Weak class 2
infinitive	fokje
3rd singular past	foke
past participle	foke
infinitive	fokje
long infinitive	fokjen
gerund	fokjen n
auxiliary	hawwe
indicative	present tense	past tense
1st singular	fokje	foke
2nd singular	fokest	fokest
clitic form	fokesto	fokesto
3rd singular	foket	foke
plural	fokje	foken
imperative	fokje
participles	fokjend	foke

Noun

fokje c (plural fokjen)

1. breeding
   • 1911, A. Rauwerda:

     Ús foarâlders [hienen] iuwen lyn de haadsaak by it fokjen al to pakken. ― Our ancestors [held] centuries ago that the main point in breeding was to fuck.

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Derived terms

• bargefokker c (“pig breeder”)
• feefokken (“to breed cattle”)
• oanfokje (“to rear, to raise”)
• opfokje (“to bring to maturity (of cattle), to educate”)
• trochfuorje (“to continually feed, to feed someone the same thing so much that they get sick of it (figurative)”)

Further reading

• “fokje”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

Verbalization of fok (“foresail”). Compare Dutch fok (“foresail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔkjə/

Verb

fokje

1. to hoist a foresail; hoist the jib
2. (figurative) to wear glasses
3. (figurative) to lead uphill
   • 1952, J.B. Singelsma:

     It lân fokket, loopt in een punt uit. ― The land goes up uphill, stretching out to a point.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “fokje”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011