kouknout

Czech

Etymology

From koukat +‎ -nout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkou̯knou̯t]
• Rhymes: -ouknout

Verb

kouknout pf (imperfective koukat)

1. (reflexive with se, informal) to look

   Synonym: podívat

   Koukni se! ― Look!

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	kouknout, kouknouti	Active adjective	kouknuvší
Verbal noun	kouknutí	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	kouknu	koukneme	—	koukněme
2nd person	koukneš	kouknete	koukni	koukněte
3rd person	koukne	kouknou	—	—

The verb kouknout does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only.

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	koukl, kouknul	koukli, kouknuli	—	—
masculine inanimate		koukly, kouknuly		—
feminine	koukla, kouknula		—
neuter	kouklo, kouknulo	koukla, kouknula	—	—

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	—	kouknuv
feminine + neuter singular	—	kouknuvši
plural	—	kouknuvše

Further reading

• “kouknouti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kouknout”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kouknout”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)