laken

== Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch laken. === Noun === laken (plural lakens) sheet, bedsheet == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlaːkə(n)/ Hyphenation: la‧ken Rhymes: -aːkən === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch lāken, from Old Dutch lacan, from Proto-Germanic *lakaną (“linen, cloth”). ==== Noun ==== laken n (plural lakens, diminutive lakentje n) (uncountable) woollen broadcloth (fulled and woven fabric made of wool), very sought-after for clothing in the feudal era (countable) bedsheet ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: laken Negerhollands: laak, laeken, laken → Caribbean Javanese: laken → Papiamentu: laken, laker === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch lāken. Equivalent to lak +‎ -en. ==== Verb ==== laken (transitive) to criticize, reproach, denounce ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== laakbaar === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== laken plural of laak == Middle Dutch == === Etymology 1 === From Old Dutch *lakan, from Proto-Germanic *lakaną. ==== Noun ==== lāken n broadcloth ===== Inflection ===== ===== Descendants ===== Dutch: lakenAfrikaans: lakenNegerhollands: laak, laeken, laken→ Caribbean Javanese: laken→ Papiamentu: laken, laker Limburgish: lake === Etymology 2 === From lac +‎ -en, from Proto-Germanic *laka-, related to *lak(k)ōn- (“to blame, reproach”), from Proto-Indo-European *lok-néh₂-. Cognate with English lack. ==== Verb ==== lāken to decrease, to diminish, to become less to lack, to be insufficient to criticise, to denounce to stain, to soil, to violate (honour or value) ===== Inflection ===== This verb needs an inflection-table template. ===== Descendants ===== Dutch: laken === Further reading === “laken (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 “laken (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “laken (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page IV == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From Middle Low German laken. ==== Noun ==== laken n (definite singular lakenet, indefinite plural laken or lakener, definite plural lakena or lakenene) a bedsheet ===== Derived terms ===== hvit som et laken === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== laken m definite singular of lake === References === “laken” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === laken m definite singular of lake == Swedish == === Noun === laken definite singular of lake === Anagrams === alken, ankel, enkla, kanel