laken

From Dutch laken.

laken (plural lakens)

1. sheet, bedsheet

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːkə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: la‧ken
• Rhymes: -aːkən

From Middle Dutch lāken, from Old Dutch *lakan, from Proto-Germanic *lakaną (“linen, cloth”).

laken n (plural lakens, diminutive lakentje n)

1. (uncountable) woollen broadcloth (fulled and woven fabric made of wool), very sought-after for clothing in the feudal era
2. (countable) bedsheet

• Negerhollands: laak, laeken, laken
• → Caribbean Javanese: laken
• → Papiamentu: laken, laker

From Middle Dutch lāken. Equivalent to lak +‎ -en.

laken

1. (transitive) to criticize, reproach, denounce

   De gasten van dat groezelig motel laken tevergeefs de gebrekkige hygiëne van de lakens.

   The guests in that sleazy motel denounce in vain the poor sheets hygiene.

Conjugation of laken (weak)
infinitive	laken
past singular	laakte
past participle	gelaakt
infinitive	laken
gerund	laken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	laak	laakte
2nd person sing. (jij)	laakt, laak2	laakte
2nd person sing. (u)	laakt	laakte
2nd person sing. (gij)	laakt	laakte
3rd person singular	laakt	laakte
plural	laken	laakten
subjunctive sing.1	lake	laakte
subjunctive plur.1	laken	laakten
imperative sing.	laak
imperative plur.1	laakt
participles	lakend	gelaakt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

• laakbaar

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

laken

1. plural of laak

From Old Dutch *lakan, from Proto-Germanic *lakaną.

lāken n

1. broadcloth

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: laken
• Limburgish: lake

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.

lāken

1. to decrease, to diminish, to become less
2. to lack, to be insufficient
3. to criticise, to denounce
4. to stain, to soil, to violate (honour or value)

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: laken

• “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

From Middle Low German laken.

laken n (definite singular lakenet, indefinite plural laken or lakener, definite plural lakena or lakenene)

1. a bedsheet

• hvit som et laken

laken m

1. definite singular of lake

• “laken” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

laken m

1. definite singular of lake

laken

1. definite singular of lake

• alken, ankel, enkla, kanel