teken

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiə̯kən/

From Dutch teken, from Middle Dutch têken, teiken, from Old Dutch *tēkan, *teikan, from Proto-Germanic *taikną. Doublet of teiken (“target, goal”). Cognate with German Zeichen, English token.

teken (plural tekens, diminutive tekentjie)

1. sign; signal
2. sign, signpost

From Dutch tekenen, from Middle Dutch têkenen, from Old Dutch *tēkanen, from Proto-Germanic *taiknijaną, from etymology 1. Cognate with German zeichnen.

teken (present teken, present participle tekenende, past participle geteken)

1. to draw; to sketch
2. to sign; to subscribe

• teiken

• IPA^(key): /ˈteː.kən/

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• Hyphenation: te‧ken
• Rhymes: -eːkən

From Middle Dutch têken, from Old Dutch *tēkan, from Proto-West Germanic *taikn, from Proto-Germanic *taikną.

teken n (plural tekenen or tekens, diminutive tekentje n)

1. sign

   De firma kent sterren aan restaurants toe als teken van de kwaliteit. ― The firm confers stars to restaurants as a sign of quality.

2. signal
3. character

   Chinese tekens ― Chinese characters

• teiken (dialectal)

• gedenkteken
• wonderteken

• Afrikaans: teken, teiken
• Berbice Creole Dutch: tegn
• Negerhollands: teken
• → Indonesian: teken

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

teken

1. Plural form of teek

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

teken

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

• keten, nekte

From Dutch teken, from Middle Dutch têken, from Old Dutch *tēkan, from Proto-Germanic *taikną.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛkən]
• Hyphenation: té‧kên

tékên

1. (colloquial) to sign, to validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it.

   Synonym: menandatangani

• “teken” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

See the noun Teken (“symbol, sign”)

teken (past singular teken, past participle tekent, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to draw, sign

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *teken, compare Old Javanese tĕkĕn.

teken

1. staff, cane (for walking)

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

From Old Dutch *tēkan, from Proto-West Germanic *taikn.

têken n

1. mark, sign
2. gesture
3. signal
4. sign, indication
5. mark, wound

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• teiken

• têkenen

• Dutch: teken, teiken
  • Afrikaans: teken, teiken
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: tegn
  • Negerhollands: teken
  • → Indonesian: teken
• Limburgish: teike

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

teken (neuter teke, definite singular and plural tekne)

1. past participle of ta
2. past participle of taka

From Proto-West Germanic *taikn.

tēken n

1. sign

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: teeken

• Saterland Frisian: Teeken
• West Frisian: teken

From Old Frisian tēken, from Proto-West Germanic *taikn.

teken n (plural tekens, diminutive tekentsje)

1. sign
2. mark
3. symbol

• breedteken

• “teken”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011