tokkelen

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A frequentive verb derived from tokken +‎ -elen (to pull, tap, tick). Cognate with West Frisian tûkelje (to pull with little tugs).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔkələ(n)/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔkələn

Verb[edit]

tokkelen

  1. (intransitive) to pluck strings
  2. (intransitive) to strum instruments
  3. (intransitive) to tick, tap staccato
  4. (transitive, obsolete) to tap, touch repeatedly, in various ways meanings

Inflection[edit]

Conjugation of tokkelen (weak)
infinitive tokkelen
past singular tokkelde
past participle getokkeld
infinitive tokkelen
gerund tokkelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular tokkel tokkelde
2nd person sing. (jij) tokkelt tokkelde
2nd person sing. (u) tokkelt tokkelde
2nd person sing. (gij) tokkelt tokkelde
3rd person singular tokkelt tokkelde
plural tokkelen tokkelden
subjunctive sing.1 tokkele tokkelde
subjunctive plur.1 tokkelen tokkelden
imperative sing. tokkel
imperative plur.1 tokkelt
participles tokkelend getokkeld
1) Archaic.

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