"erken" meaning in Afrikaans

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "erkennen"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch erkennen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "erkennen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch erkennen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "er",
        "3": "ken"
      },
      "expansion": "er- + ken",
      "name": "pre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Dutch erkennen, from Middle Dutch erkennen. Equivalent to er- + ken.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "erken",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erkennende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erken",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "erkennende",
        "2": "erken"
      },
      "expansion": "erken (present erken, present participle erkennende, past participle erken)",
      "name": "af-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Afrikaans",
  "lang_code": "af",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Afrikaans terms prefixed with er-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "erkenning"
        },
        {
          "word": "erkentelik"
        },
        {
          "word": "erkentenis"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The language hadn't yet been recognised as an official language.",
          "text": "Die taal was nog nie erken as amptelike taal nie.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to acknowledge, to recognise"
      ],
      "id": "en-erken-af-verb-vBKGTBqK",
      "links": [
        [
          "acknowledge",
          "acknowledge"
        ],
        [
          "recognise",
          "recognise"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to acknowledge, to recognise"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛrˈkɛn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "erken"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "erkenning"
    },
    {
      "word": "erkentelik"
    },
    {
      "word": "erkentenis"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "erkennen"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch erkennen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "erkennen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch erkennen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "er",
        "3": "ken"
      },
      "expansion": "er- + ken",
      "name": "pre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Dutch erkennen, from Middle Dutch erkennen. Equivalent to er- + ken.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "erken",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erkennende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erken",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "erkennende",
        "2": "erken"
      },
      "expansion": "erken (present erken, present participle erkennende, past participle erken)",
      "name": "af-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Afrikaans",
  "lang_code": "af",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header",
        "Afrikaans lemmas",
        "Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch",
        "Afrikaans terms derived from Middle Dutch",
        "Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch",
        "Afrikaans terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
        "Afrikaans terms prefixed with er-",
        "Afrikaans terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Afrikaans terms with usage examples",
        "Afrikaans transitive verbs",
        "Afrikaans verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The language hadn't yet been recognised as an official language.",
          "text": "Die taal was nog nie erken as amptelike taal nie.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to acknowledge, to recognise"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "acknowledge",
          "acknowledge"
        ],
        [
          "recognise",
          "recognise"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to acknowledge, to recognise"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛrˈkɛn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "erken"
}