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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From rank + -en (verbal suffix).
Verb[edit]
ranken (third-person singular simple present rankens, present participle rankening, simple past and past participle rankened)
- (rare, transitive, intransitive) To make or become rank
- 1868, John Mockett Cramp, Baptist History, page 299:
- In a word, it is good for nothing but to despatch men out of the world that are burdensome, and to ranken churchyards.
- 1993, Nelson C. Nye, Trigger Talk/the Wolf That Rode, page 202:
- His glance passed again over the patched-up rigs and spavined horses dejectedly standing in this rain-rankened muck.
- 1996, Annie Proulx, Postcards, page 257:
- The room smoked with cold. Smoke rankened the air.
Anagrams[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ranken
Anagrams[edit]
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ranke (“tendril”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
ranken (weak, third-person singular present rankt, past tense rankte, past participle gerankt, auxiliary sein or haben)
- (intransitive or reflexive, sich ranken) to grow in tendrils (of plants like ivy)
- (auxiliary haben, figuratively) to be told (of stories, myths, etc.)
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | ranken | ||||
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present participle | rankend | ||||
past participle | gerankt | ||||
auxiliary | sein or haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich ranke | wir ranken | i | ich ranke | wir ranken |
du rankst | ihr rankt | du rankest | ihr ranket | ||
er rankt | sie ranken | er ranke | sie ranken | ||
preterite | ich rankte | wir rankten | ii | ich rankte1 | wir rankten1 |
du ranktest | ihr ranktet | du ranktest1 | ihr ranktet1 | ||
er rankte | sie rankten | er rankte1 | sie rankten1 | ||
imperative | rank (du) ranke (du) |
rankt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
ranken
- inflection of rank:
Further reading[edit]
- “ranken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Noun[edit]
ranken m
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