necken
See also: nécken
German
Etymology
Intensive form of nagen (“to gnaw”), with semantic shift "to gnaw → to torment → to tease".
Pronunciation
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Verb
necken (weak, third-person singular present neckt, past tense neckte, past participle geneckt, auxiliary haben)Category:German lemmas#NECKENCategory:German verbs#NECKENCategory:German weak verbs#NECKENCategory:German verbs using haben as auxiliary#NECKENCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#NECKENCategory:Pages with entries#NECKENCategory:Pages with 1 entry#NECKEN
- to tease
Conjugation
| infinitive | necken | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | neckend | ||||
| past participle | geneckt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich necke | wir necken | i | ich necke | wir necken |
| du neckst | ihr neckt | du neckest | ihr necket | ||
| er neckt | sie necken | er necke | sie necken | ||
| preterite | ich neckte | wir neckten | ii | ich neckte1 | wir neckten1 |
| du necktest | ihr necktet | du necktest1 | ihr necktet1 | ||
| er neckte | sie neckten | er neckte1 | sie neckten1 | ||
| imperative | neck (du) necke (du) |
neckt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.