# naken
## English
### Alternative forms

* nakyn (Scotland)

### Etymology

From Middle English nakenen, nacnen, equivalent to nake +‎ -en.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -eɪkən

### Verb

naken (third-person singular simple present nakens, present participle nakening, simple past and past participle nakened)
* (transitive, UK, dialectal) To make naked; nake.

### Anagrams

* Kenan, Kenna

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch nâken, from Old Dutch nāken, from Proto-Germanic *nēkijaną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnaːkə(n)/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

naken
* (intransitive) to draw near, to approach, to be imminent
    het nakende onweer ― the approaching thunderstorm

#### Derived terms

* genaken

### Anagrams

* kanen

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch nāken, from Proto-Germanic *nēkijaną.

### Verb

nâken
* to approach, to near

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Descendants

* Dutch: naken

### Further reading

* “naken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “naken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* nake, nakyn, nakkin, nakyne

### Etymology

Inherited from Old English nacian, from Proto-Germanic *nakwōną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnaːkən/, /ˈnakən/

### Verb

naken
* To remove clothes or make naked; to nake.
** c. 1380s [c. 524], Geoffrey, transl. Chaucer, Boethius de Consolatione Philosophiae, book 4, metre 7, translation of The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius, line 70; republished in The Complete Works Of Geoffrey Chaucer, London: Oxford University Press, 1912, page 192:O nyce men, why nake ye youre bakkes?(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* To remove; to expose or make visible.

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) naken, nake | (to) naken, nake |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | nake | naked |
| 2nd-person singular | nakest | nakedest |
| 3rd-person singular | naketh | naked |
| subjunctive singular | nake | naked |
| imperative singular | nake | — |
| plural$^1$ | naken, nake | nakeden, nakede |
| imperative plural | naketh, nake | — |
| participles | nakynge, nakende | naked, ynaked |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

#### Derived terms

* nakenen

#### Descendants

* English: nake
* Scots: nake

#### References

* “nāken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-21.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse nakinn, nǫkkviðr (“naked”), from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (“naked, bare”).

### Adjective

naken (neuter singular nakent, definite singular and plural nakne, comparative naknere, indefinite superlative naknest, definite superlative nakneste)
* nude, naked, bare

#### Derived terms

* nakenhet
* nakenstrand

### References

* “naken” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse nakinn, nǫkkviðr (“naked”), from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (“naked, bare”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²naːçən/, [²nɐ̞ːçən], [²nɐ̞ːc͡çən]
* (newer or regional) IPA: /²naːkən/, [²nɐ̞ːkən]
* Rhymes: -çən
* Hyphenation: na‧ken

### Adjective

naken (comparative naknare, superlative naknast)
* naked, nude, bare

#### Derived terms

* nakenstrand

### References

* “naken” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Dutch
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nēkijaną.

### Verb

nāken
* to approach, to near, to come closer

#### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: nâken
** Dutch: naken

#### Further reading

* “nāken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse nakinn, nǫkkviðr (“naked”), from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (“naked, bare”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

naken (comparative naknare, superlative naknast)
* naked
    Har man inga kläder på sig så är man nakenIf you have no clothes on, you are naked
    nakenråttanaked mole rat [naked-rat]
    Den nakna sanningenThe naked truth
** nude

#### Derived terms

* halvnaken
* nakenbad
* nakenbada
* nakenchock
* nakendans
* nakenhet
* nakenhund
* nakeninspelning
* nakenkultur
* nakenscen
* nakenstaty
* nakenstrand

### References

* naken in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* naken in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* Fula Ordboken

### Anagrams

* nakne