stalken
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English stalk. Related to obsolete Dutch stolken, from Middle Dutch stolken (“to walk, slosh, sneak”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editstalken
- (transitive) to stalk (to follow and harass someone)
Inflection
editConjugation of stalken (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | stalken | |||
past singular | stalkte | |||
past participle | gestalkt | |||
infinitive | stalken | |||
gerund | stalken n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | stalk | stalkte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | stalkt, stalk2 | stalkte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | stalkt | stalkte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | stalkt | stalkte | ||
3rd person singular | stalkt | stalkte | ||
plural | stalken | stalkten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | stalke | stalkte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | stalken | stalkten | ||
imperative sing. | stalk | |||
imperative plur.1 | stalkt | |||
participles | stalkend | gestalkt | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Related terms
editMiddle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English *stealcian, from Proto-Germanic *stalkaz.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editstalken
- to stalk
Conjugation
editConjugation of stalken (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “stalken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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