# こける
## Japanese
### Etymology 1

* Alternative spellings
* 転ける 倒ける

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こける [kòkérú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ko̞ke̞ɾɯ̟]

#### Verb

こける or コケる • (kokeru) ichidan (stem こけ (koke), past こけた (koketa))
* to fall over
* (of a performance) to flop

##### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | こけ | koke |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | こけ | koke |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | こける | kokeru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | こける | kokeru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | こけれ | kokere |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | こけよ¹ こけろ² | kokeyo¹ kokero² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | こけられる | kokerareru |
| Causative | こけさせる こけさす | kokesaseru kokesasu |
| Potential | こけられる こけれる³ | kokerareru kokereru³ |
| Volitional | こけよう | kokeyō |
| Negative | こけない こけぬ こけん | kokenai kokenu koken |
| Negative continuative | こけず | kokezu |
| Formal | こけます | kokemasu |
| Perfective | こけた | koketa |
| Conjunctive | こけて | kokete |
| Hypothetical conditional | こければ | kokereba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential ||||

### Etymology 2

* Alternative spelling
* 痩ける

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こける [kòkéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])
* IPA: [ko̞ke̞ɾɯ̟]

#### Verb

こける • (kokeru) ichidan (stem こけ (koke), past こけた (koketa))
* weary, haggard
    頰(ほお)が痩(こ)けてしまった。
       Hō ga kokete shimatta.
       My cheeks have become lean.

##### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | こけ | koke |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | こけ | koke |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | こける | kokeru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | こける | kokeru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | こけれ | kokere |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | こけよ¹ こけろ² | kokeyo¹ kokero² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | こけられる | kokerareru |
| Causative | こけさせる こけさす | kokesaseru kokesasu |
| Potential | こけられる こけれる³ | kokerareru kokereru³ |
| Volitional | こけよう | kokeyō |
| Negative | こけない こけぬ こけん | kokenai kokenu koken |
| Negative continuative | こけず | kokezu |
| Formal | こけます | kokemasu |
| Perfective | こけた | koketa |
| Conjunctive | こけて | kokete |
| Hypothetical conditional | こければ | kokereba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential ||||

##### Derived terms

* 痩(や)せこける (yasekokeru)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こける [kòkéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])
* IPA: [ko̞ke̞ɾɯ̟]

#### Suffix

こける • (-kokeru) ichidan (stem こけ (-koke), past こけた (-koketa))
* (attached to the 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of a verb) to continue doing something unstoppably
    笑(わら)いこける
       waraikokeru
       to laugh uncontrollably

##### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | こけ | koke |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | こけ | koke |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | こける | kokeru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | こける | kokeru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | こけれ | kokere |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | こけよ¹ こけろ² | kokeyo¹ kokero² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | こけられる | kokerareru |
| Causative | こけさせる こけさす | kokesaseru kokesasu |
| Potential | こけられる こけれる³ | kokerareru kokereru³ |
| Volitional | こけよう | kokeyō |
| Negative | こけない こけぬ こけん | kokenai kokenu koken |
| Negative continuative | こけず | kokezu |
| Formal | こけます | kokemasu |
| Perfective | こけた | koketa |
| Conjunctive | こけて | kokete |
| Hypothetical conditional | こければ | kokereba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential ||||

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN