quaken
See also: quäken
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkvaːkən/, [ˈkʰvaːkŋ]
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Verb
quaken (weak, third-person singular present quakt, past tense quakte, past participle gequakt, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
Conjugation of quaken (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | quaken | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | quakend | ||||
| past participle | gequakt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich quake | wir quaken | i | ich quake | wir quaken |
| du quakst | ihr quakt | du quakest | ihr quaket | ||
| er quakt | sie quaken | er quake | sie quaken | ||
| preterite | ich quakte | wir quakten | ii | ich quakte1 | wir quakten1 |
| du quaktest | ihr quaktet | du quaktest1 | ihr quaktet1 | ||
| er quakte | sie quakten | er quakte1 | sie quakten1 | ||
| imperative | quak (du) quake (du) |
quakt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of quaken (weak, auxiliary haben)
References
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “quaken”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble, chatter”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwakōn, from Proto-Germanic *kwakōną. See English quake for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkwaːkən/
Verb
quaken
Conjugation
Conjugation of quaken (weak in -ed or strong class 6)
| infinitive | (to) quaken, quake | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | quake | quaked, quok | |
| 2nd-person singular | quakest | quakedest, quoke, quok | |
| 3rd-person singular | quaketh | quaked, quok | |
| subjunctive singular | quake | quaked1, quoke1 | |
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural2 | quaken, quake | quakeden, quakede, quoken, quoke | |
| imperative plural | quaketh, quake | — | |
| participles | quakynge, quakende | quaked, yquaked | |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
- English: quake
- Scots: quak
References
- “quāken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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