fokje

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
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.

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.

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.

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