welken

== Dutch == === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch welken, from Old Dutch *wilken, from Proto-West Germanic *wilkijan; according to Kluge, ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *wolkn (“cloud”). Akin to German welken, English welk. ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: -ɛlkən ==== Verb ==== welken to wither ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Dative masculine and neuter singular, and dative plural (all genders), of welk. ==== Pronoun ==== welken (relative, dated) to which, to whom ===== Declension ===== == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German welken, from Old High German welkēn. According to Kluge, ultimately from the root of Wolke (“cloud”). === Pronunciation === === Verb === welken (weak, third-person singular present welkt, past tense welkte, past participle gewelkt, auxiliary haben) to wither ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Welkung verwelken ==== Related terms ==== Welken abwelken, dahinwelken, hinwelken welk === Further reading === “welken”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “welken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “welken” in Duden online “welken” in OpenThesaurus.de == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Possibly related to or from Middle Low German welken or Middle Dutch welken, ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *wolkn (“cloud”). Compare also Middle English walwen (“to fade, wither”), from Old English wealwian. ==== Alternative forms ==== welk, welke welkyn (East Anglia) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈwɛlkən/ ==== Verb ==== welken (third-person singular simple present welketh, present participle welkende, welkynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle welked) To become dry or aged; to decay or wither (of plants or people) (rare) To crinkle or become roughened or creased. (rare) To turn or grow desolate or lifeless. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: welk Scots: welk ===== References ===== “welken, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 July 2019. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== welken alternative form of welkne