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Laken

Laken

See also: laken

Dutch

Proper noun

Laken ?

  1. A Belgian municipality, near Brussels, site of the largest royal palace estate.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaːkən/, [ˈlaːkən], [ˈlaːkŋ̩]

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German lāken, from Old Saxon lakan. The High German cognate Middle High German lachen, from Old High German lahhan, had already been declining in use when the form Laken was introduced during the pre-eminence of the Dutch and Northern German cloth industry (14th/15th centuries). Cognate with Dutch laken.

Noun

Laken n (genitive Lakens, plural Laken)

  1. sheet; bed sheet (linen used to cover mattresses or furniture, or sometimes instead of a blanket)
  2. (rare) other kinds of linens or large cloths
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Etymology 2

Noun

Laken

  1. plural of Lake

laken

laken

See also: Laken

Dutch

Noun

laken n (plural lakens, diminutive lakentje n)

  1. a type of woollen fabric, very sought-after for clothing in the feudal era (uncountable)
  2. bedsheet

Derived terms

laken

  1. Plural form of laak

Verb

laken

  1. (transitive) to criticize, reproach, denounce
    De gasten van dat groezelig motel laken tevergeefs de gebrekkige hygiëne van de lakens.
    The guests in that sleazy motel denounce in vain the poor sheets hygiene

Inflection

Inflection of laken (weak)
infinitive laken
past singular laakte
past participle gelaakt
infinitive laken
gerund laken n
verbal noun
present tense past tense
1st person singular laak laakte
2nd person sing. (jij) laakt laakte
2nd person sing. (u) laakt laakte
2nd person sing. (gij) laakt laakte
3rd person singular laakt laakte
plural laken laakten
subjunctive sing.1 lake laakte
subjunctive plur.1 laken laakten
imperative sing. laak
imperative plur.1 laakt
participles lakend gelaakt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

  • laakbaar

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German laken.

Noun

laken n (definite singular lakenet, indefinite plural laken or lakener, definite plural lakena or lakenene)

  1. a bedsheet
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

laken m

  1. definite singular of lake

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

laken m

  1. definite singular of lake

Swedish

Noun

laken

  1. definite singular of lake