mokken

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔkən

Etymology 1

Related to Old High German muckezzen (“to pout”), German mucken (“to grumble, be defiant”), Middle Low German mucken (“to grouse, to grumble”), ultimately of West Germanic onomatopoeic origin. Probably not related to Latin mugio (“I bellow, moo, bray”).

Verb

mokken

1. to sulk

   Synonym: pruilen

Conjugation

Conjugation of mokken (weak)
infinitive	mokken
past singular	mokte
past participle	gemokt
infinitive	mokken
gerund	mokken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	mok	mokte
2nd person sing. (jij)	mokt, mok2	mokte
2nd person sing. (u)	mokt	mokte
2nd person sing. (gij)	mokt	mokte
3rd person singular	mokt	mokte
plural	mokken	mokten
subjunctive sing.1	mokke	mokte
subjunctive plur.1	mokken	mokten
imperative sing.	mok
imperative plur.1	mokt
participles	mokkend	gemokt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

• gemok
• mokker
• mokkerig

Further reading

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “mokken1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Verb

mokken

1. to dook (ferret sound)

Conjugation

Conjugation of mokken (weak)
infinitive	mokken
past singular	mokte
past participle	gemokt
infinitive	mokken
gerund	mokken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	mok	mokte
2nd person sing. (jij)	mokt, mok2	mokte
2nd person sing. (u)	mokt	mokte
2nd person sing. (gij)	mokt	mokte
3rd person singular	mokt	mokte
plural	mokken	mokten
subjunctive sing.1	mokke	mokte
subjunctive plur.1	mokken	mokten
imperative sing.	mok
imperative plur.1	mokt
participles	mokkend	gemokt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mokken

1. plural of mok