"teken" meaning in Afrikaans

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtiə̯kən/ Forms: tekens [plural], tekentjie [diminutive]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|teken}} Dutch teken, {{inh|af|dum|têken}} Middle Dutch têken, {{inh|af|odt|*tēkan}} Old Dutch *tēkan, {{inh|af|gem-pro|*taikną}} Proto-Germanic *taikną, {{doublet|af|teiken|t1=target, goal}} Doublet of teiken (“target, goal”), {{cog|de|Zeichen}} German Zeichen, {{cog|en|token}} English token Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|tekens|||||diminutive|tekentjie|||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} teken (plural tekens, diminutive tekentjie), {{af-noun|tekens|tekentjie}} teken (plural tekens, diminutive tekentjie)
  1. sign; signal
    Sense id: en-teken-af-noun-khWwv13y
  2. sign, signpost
    Sense id: en-teken-af-noun-SA-vNHpI Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 4 13 44 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈtiə̯kən/ Forms: teken [present], tekenende [participle, present], geteken [participle, past]
Etymology: From Dutch tekenen, from Middle Dutch têkenen, from Old Dutch *tēkanen, from Proto-Germanic *taiknijaną, from etymology 1. Cognate with German zeichnen. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|tekenen}} Dutch tekenen, {{inh|af|dum|têkenen}} Middle Dutch têkenen, {{inh|af|odt|*tēkanen}} Old Dutch *tēkanen, {{inh|af|gem-pro|*taiknijaną}} Proto-Germanic *taiknijaną, {{cog|de|zeichnen}} German zeichnen Head templates: {{af-verb}} teken (present teken, present participle tekenende, past participle geteken)
  1. to draw; to sketch
    Sense id: en-teken-af-verb-MR5NqiNP Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 4 13 44 39
  2. to sign; to subscribe
    Sense id: en-teken-af-verb-dpwToD7C Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 4 13 44 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: teiken
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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