different between naken vs naker

English

Alternative forms

• nakyn (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English nakenen, nacnen, equivalent to nake +? -en.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?k?n

Verb

naken (third-person singular simple present nakens, present participle nakening, simple past and past participle nakened)

1. (transitive, Britain, dialectal) To make naked; nake.

Anagrams

• Kenan, Kenna

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch nâken, from Old Dutch n?ken, from Proto-Germanic *n?kijan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?na?k?(n)/

Verb

naken

1. (intransitive) to draw near, to approach, to be imminent

Inflection

Derived terms

• genaken

Anagrams

• kanen

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch n?ken, from Proto-Germanic *n?kijan?.

Verb

nâken

1. to approach, to near

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: naken

Further reading

• “naken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “naken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

• nake, nakyn, nakkin, nakyne

Etymology

Inherited from Old English nacian, from Proto-Germanic *nakw?n?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?na?k?n/, /?nak?n/

Verb

naken

1. To remove clothes or make naked; to nake.
2. To remove; to expose or make visible.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• nakenen

Descendants

• English: nake
• Scots: nake

References

• “n?ken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-21.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse nakinn, n?kkviðr (“naked”), from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nog?ós (“naked, bare”).

Adjective

naken (neuter singular nakent, definite singular and plural nakne, comparative naknere, indefinite superlative naknest, definite superlative nakneste)

1. nude, naked, bare

Derived terms

• nakenhet
• nakenstrand

References

• “naken” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse nakinn, n?kkviðr (“naked”), from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nog?ós (“naked, bare”).

Adjective

naken (neuter singular nake or nakent, definite singular and plural nakne, comparative naknare, indefinite superlative naknast, definite superlative naknaste)

1. naked, nude, bare

Derived terms

• nakenstrand

References

• “naken” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *n?kijan?.

Verb

n?ken

1. to approach, to near, to come closer

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: nâken
  • Dutch: naken

Further reading

• “n?ken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse nakinn, n?kkviðr (“naked”), from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nog?ós (“naked, bare”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

naken

1. nude, naked; without clothes

Declension

Anagrams

• nakne

English

Alternative forms

• nakir

Etymology

From Old French nacaire, nacre (cognate with Italian nacchera, mediaeval Latin nacara), from Arabic ?????????? (naqq?ra, “drum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ne?k?/

Noun

naker (plural nakers)

1. (music) A small drum, of Arabic origin, and the forebear of the European kettledrum.
   • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:

     the Norman trumpets from the battlements […] , mingled with the deep and hollow clang of the nakers, (a species of kettle-drum,) retorted in notes of defiance the challenge of the enemy.

Translations

Anagrams

• Karen, anker, karen, knare, ranke