pronken

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch pronken, perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *brahtaz, similar to pracht (splendor), Swedish prakt (glory, pomp) (loaned from Low German).[1] See also German Prunk (splendor).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɔŋ.kə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: pron‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɔŋkən

Verb

pronken

  1. (inergative) to display, to show off (with the intention of making an impression)

Inflection

Conjugation of pronken (weak)
infinitive pronken
past singular pronkte
past participle gepronkt
infinitive pronken
gerund pronken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular pronkpronkte
2nd person sing. (jij) pronktpronkte
2nd person sing. (u) pronktpronkte
2nd person sing. (gij) pronktpronkte
3rd person singular pronktpronkte
plural pronkenpronkten
subjunctive sing.1 pronkepronkte
subjunctive plur.1 pronkenpronkten
imperative sing. pronk
imperative plur.1 pronkt
participles pronkendgepronkt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Papiamentu: prònk, pronk

References

  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883) “prangen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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