baken

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English baken, from Old English bacen, ġebacen, past participle of bacan (“to bake”). Cognate with Scots baken (“baked”), Dutch gebakken (“baked”). More at bake. === Pronunciation === Homophone: bacon === Verb === baken (UK dialectal, Northern England) alternative past participle of bake; baked. ==== Usage notes ==== Though the use of baken as a strong past participle for bake is now restricted to northern English dialects, it was formerly more widespread. For example, it is the predominant form in the King James Bible. === Anagrams === Bekan, Benak, banke, e-bank == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch baken, from Old Frisian bāken. Displaced Middle Dutch boken, from Old Dutch *bōkan. Both forms originate from Proto-Germanic *baukną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbaːkə(n)/ Hyphenation: ba‧ken Rhymes: -aːkən === Noun === baken n (plural bakens, diminutive bakentje n) beacon ==== Derived terms ==== == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From Old High German bachan, bahhan; from Proto-West Germanic *bakan; from Proto-Germanic *bakaną. Cognate with German backen, English bake, Dutch bakken. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbaːken/, [ˈbaːkən] === Verb === baken (third-person singular present baakt, past participle gebak, auxiliary verb hunn) to bake ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== Bäcker Bakstuff == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English bacan, from Proto-West Germanic *bakan, from Proto-Germanic *bakaną, see also Dutch bakken, German backen, Old Norse baka, Danish bage, and also Ancient Greek φώγω (phṓgō, “to roast”). ==== Alternative forms ==== bakyn, bake, bakenn ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbaːkən/ ==== Verb ==== baken (third-person singular simple present baketh, present participle bakynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative book, past participle baken) To bake; to cook in an oven; usually used of bread, pastry, etc, or meals involving that. To undergo or experienced baking; to be baked or cooked in an oven. To heat up; to process or work (food or other items) by heating or drying out. (rare, figurative) To burn in the fires of Hell. (rare, figurative) To cause one's own pain or torment. ===== Usage notes ===== This verb started to become weak in late Middle English, but was predominantly strong. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: bake Scots: bake Yola: baake → Irish: bácáil ===== References ===== “bāken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 October 2018. === Etymology 2 === From baken, past participle of the verb baken (“to bake”). ==== Alternative forms ==== bakyn, bake ==== Noun ==== baken (rare) A meal made with pastry. ===== Descendants ===== English: bake Scots: bake, baik ===== References ===== “bāke(n, ppl. as n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === baken m definite singular of bak == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === baket === Noun === baken m or n definite masculine singular of bak == Plautdietsch == === Etymology === From Middle Low German backen, from Old Saxon bakkan, from Proto-West Germanic *bakan === Verb === baken to bake ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Bakja == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch baken, whence English beacon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈba.kɛn/ Rhymes: -akɛn Syllabification: ba‧ken === Noun === baken m inan (nautical) alternative form of bakan ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === baken in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Swedish == === Noun === baken definite singular of bak c (“butt, behind, ass”) definite plural of bak n (“baking”)