Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English check.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtʃɛkə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: chec‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɛkən

Verb

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checken

  1. (transitive) to check (up), to inspect, examine

Conjugation

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Conjugation of checken (weak)
infinitive checken
past singular checkte
past participle gecheckt
infinitive checken
gerund checken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular check checkte
2nd person sing. (jij) checkt, check2 checkte
2nd person sing. (u) checkt checkte
2nd person sing. (gij) checkt checkte
3rd person singular checkt checkte
plural checken checkten
subjunctive sing.1 checke checkte
subjunctive plur.1 checken checkten
imperative sing. check
imperative plur.1 checkt
participles checkend gecheckt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • ? Sranan Tongo: kèk

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English check +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtʃɛkən/, [ˈtʃɛkŋ̩]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: che‧cken; pre-1996: chek‧ken

Verb

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checken (weak or irregular weak, third-person singular present checkt, past tense checkte, past participle gecheckt or (proscribed) gechecked, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to check (up), to inspect, examine
    Ich werde die Sache mal checken.I'm going to have a look at this.
  2. (colloquial, transitive) to grasp, understand
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:begreifen
    Ich habe gar nichts gecheckt.I didn't understand a thing.
    • 2000, “Da Draussen”, in Fettes Brot für die Welt, performed by Fettes Brot:
      Was wir heute produzieren wird erst in Jahren dann gecheckt
      What we produce today will only be understood years later.
  3. (juvenile slang) to get, to procure, to obtain, to gain
    Synonym: klären
    Antonym: verchecken
    Ich hab uns ein Bier gecheckt.I got us a beer.

Usage notes

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  • The senses 2 and 3 don't exist in English check.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • checken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • checken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • checken” in Duden online
  • checken” in OpenThesaurus.de

Luxembourgish

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Verb

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checken (third-person singular present checkt, past participle gecheckt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to check

Conjugation

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Regular
infinitive checken
participle gecheckt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular checken
2nd singular checks check
3rd singular checkt
1st plural checken
2nd plural checkt checkt
3rd plural checken
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Swedish

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Noun

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checken

  1. definite singular of check
  NODES
chat 1
Note 3