docken
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English[edit]
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Noun[edit]
docken
- (Scotland, Northern England, Ireland) A dock (plant); Rumex obtusifolius or Rumex crispus.
- 1834, Michael Scott, Tom Cringle's Log, Volume 1, Baudry's European Library, page 304:
- "But the docken, man," said I— "fusionless as a docken—how classic! what an exclamation to proceed from the mouth of a solemn Don!"
"No gibes regarding the docken," promptly chimed in Bang; "it is a highly respectable vegetable, let me tell you, and useful on occasion, which is more."
- 1892, Oliver Heslop, Northumberland Words, Volume 1, English Dialect Society, page 240:
- The leaves are accounted an antidote for the pricking of a stinging nettle. Children rub the sting with a docken leaf, repeating the words, "Nettle oot; docken in."
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
docken (weak, third-person singular present dockt, past tense dockte, past participle gedockt, auxiliary haben)
- to dock
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | docken | ||||
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present participle | dockend | ||||
past participle | gedockt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich docke | wir docken | i | ich docke | wir docken |
du dockst | ihr dockt | du dockest | ihr docket | ||
er dockt | sie docken | er docke | sie docken | ||
preterite | ich dockte | wir dockten | ii | ich dockte1 | wir dockten1 |
du docktest | ihr docktet | du docktest1 | ihr docktet1 | ||
er dockte | sie dockten | er dockte1 | sie dockten1 | ||
imperative | dock (du) docke (du) |
dockt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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Middle English[edit]
Verb[edit]
docken
- Alternative form of dokkyn
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