different between oaken vs baken

English

Etymology

From Middle English oken (also eken), from Old English ?cen, ?cen (“of oak”), from Proto-Germanic *aik?naz, equivalent to oak +? -en (adjectival suffix). Cognate with Dutch eiken (“oaken”), German eichen (“oaken”), Icelandic eikinn (“oaken”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?k'?n, IPA^(key): /??k.?n/
• Rhymes: -??k?n

Adjective

oaken (not comparable)

1. Made from the wood of the oak tree. Also in metaphorical uses, suggesting robustness.

Translations

Anagrams

• Kanoé, Keano

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