different between baken vs baker

English

Etymology

From Middle English baken, from Old English bacen, ?ebacen, past participle of bacan (“to bake”). Cognate with Scots baken (“baked”), Dutch gebakken (“baked”). More at bake.

Verb

baken

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England) alternative past participle of bake; baked.

Usage notes

Though the use of baken as a strong past participle for bake is now restricted to northern English dialects, it was formerly more widespread. For example, it is the predominant form in the King James Bible.

Anagrams

• banke, e-bank

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch baken, from Old Frisian b?ken. Displaced Middle Dutch boken, from Old Dutch *b?kan. Both forms originate from Proto-Germanic *baukn?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba?k?(n)/
• Hyphenation: ba?ken
• Rhymes: -a?k?n

Noun

baken n (plural bakens, diminutive bakentje n)

1. beacon

Derived terms

• bakenen
• lichtbaken

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German bachan, bahhan; from Proto-West Germanic *bakan; from Proto-Germanic *bakan?. Cognate with German backen, English bake, Dutch bakken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba?ken/, [?ba?k?n]

Verb

baken (third-person singular present baakt, past participle gebak, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to bake

Conjugation

Related terms

• Bäcker
• Bakstuff

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English bacan, from Proto-West Germanic *bakan, from Proto-Germanic *bakan?, see also Dutch bakken, German backen, Old Norse baka, Danish bage, and also Ancient Greek ???? (ph?g?, “to roast”).

Alternative forms

• bakyn, bake, bakenn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba?k?n/

Verb

baken

1. To bake; to cook in an oven; usually used of bread, pastry, etc, or meals involving that.
2. To undergo or experienced baking; to be baked or cooked in an oven.
3. To heat up; to process or work (food or other items) by heating or drying out.
4. (rare, figuratively) To burn in the fires of Hell.
5. (rare, figuratively) To cause one's own pain or torment.

Usage notes

This verb started to become weak in late Middle English, but was predominantly strong.

Conjugation

Related terms

• bake mete
• baken (noun)
• bakere (“baker”)
• bakestere (“baker, baxter”)
• bakhows
• bakynge

Descendants

• English: bake
• Scots: bake
• ? Irish: bácáil

References

• “b?ken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-14.

Etymology 2

From baken, past participle of the verb baken (“to bake”).

Alternative forms

• bakyn, bake

Noun

baken

1. (rare) A meal made with pastry.

Descendants

• English: bake
• Scots: bake, baik

References

• “b?ke(n, ppl. as n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

baken m

1. definite singular of bak

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• baket

Noun

baken m or n

1. definite masculine singular of bak

Swedish

Noun

baken

1. definite singular of bak
2. definite plural of bak

English

Etymology

From Middle English bakere, from Old English bæcere (“baker”), from Proto-Germanic *bak?rijaz (“baker”), equivalent to bake +? -er. Cognate with Dutch bakker (“baker”), German Bäcker (“baker”), Norwegian Bokmål baker (“baker”), Swedish bagare (“baker”), Icelandic bakari (“baker”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?be?.k?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?be?.k?/
• Rhymes: -e?k?(r)

Noun

baker (plural bakers)

1. A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.
2. A portable oven for baking.

Synonyms

• (person who bakes): baxter (obsolete, Britain, Scotland), dougher (obsolete)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• Wikipedia article on bakers

Anagrams

• Abrek, Brake, barke, brake, break

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba?.k?r/
• Hyphenation: ba?ker
• Rhymes: -a?k?r

Etymology 1

Short for bakermoeder.

Noun

baker f (plural bakers, diminutive bakertje n)

1. (historical) A midwife; one who helps women in childbirth with deliveries.

Derived terms

• bakerhaai
• bakerpraat

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

baker

1. first-person singular present indicative of bakeren
2. imperative of bakeren

Anagrams

• brake

Lacandon

Noun

baker

1. bone

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bakari, from Proto-Germanic *bak?rijaz.

Noun

baker m (definite singular bakeren, indefinite plural bakere, definite plural bakerne)

1. a baker (person who bakes professionally)

Related terms

• bake
• bakeri

See also

• bakar (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

Noun

baker m pl

1. indefinite plural of bak

Etymology 3

Verb

baker

1. present tense of bake

References

• “baker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• bakar

Verb

baker

1. present of baka
2. present of bake

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian bàkar, from Ottoman Turkish ?????? (bak?r), from Old Turkic bak?r? (bak?r), from Proto-Turkic *bak?r.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bà?k?r/

Noun

bák?r m inan

1. copper (metal)

Inflection

Further reading

• “baker”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran