English

Verb

baken

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England) Alternative past participle of bake.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaːkə(n)/
• Rhymes: -aːkən

Etymology

From Middle Dutch baken, from Old Frisian bāken. Displaced Middle Dutch boken, from Old Dutch *bōkan. Both forms originate from Proto-Germanic *baukną.

Noun

baken n ‎(plural bakens, diminutive bakentje n)

1. beacon

Derived terms

• bakenen

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German bachan, bahhan; from Proto-Germanic *bakaną. Cognate with German backen, English bake, Dutch bakken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaːkən/

Verb

baken ‎(third-person singular present baakt, past participle gebak, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to bake

Conjugation

Related terms

• Bäcker

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English bacan, cognate with Dutch bakken, German backen, Old Norse baka, Danish bage, and also Greek φώγω ‎(phṓgō, “to roast”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-.

Verb

baken

1. to bake

Related terms

• bakere: baker
• bakestere: baker, "baxter"

Descendants

• English bake
• Irish bácáil

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

baken m

1. definite singular of bak

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• baket

Noun

baken m, n

1. definite masculine singular of bak

Swedish

Noun

baken

1. definite singular of bak
2. definite plural of bak