berken

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛrkən === Noun === berken plural of berk == Middle English == === Alternative forms === barke, barken, beerke, beorken, berke, berkyn, borken === Etymology === From Old English beorcan, from Proto-West Germanic *berkan (“to bark”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɛrkən/, (late) /ˈbarkən/ === Verb === berken (third-person singular simple present berketh, present participle berkynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative bark, past participle borken) To bark (make a sound characteristic of a dog) To grumble or whine; to utter complaints or insults. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== berkere berkyng ==== Descendants ==== English: bark Scots: berk, bark ==== References ==== “berken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 9 July 2018.