# maken
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English maken, equivalent to make +‎ -en.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -eɪkən

### Verb

maken
* (obsolete) plural simple present of make
** 1542, Eraſmus of Roterodame, “The Saiynges of Alexander the Greate”, in Nicolas Vdall, transl., Apothegmes […] ‎, page 197:And emõges his familiares theſe wordes folowyng were muche in his mouthe: The damyſelles of Perſia maken ſore yies.
** 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 1, page 410:To whom no ſhare in armes and cheualree, / They doe impart, ne maken memoree […]
** 1606, N[athaniel] B[axter], Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia, That Is, Endimions Song and Tragedie, Containing All Philosophie, London: […] Ed. Allde, for Edward White, […], →OCLC, signature [D4], verso:All theſe Starres maken one hundred and eight, / Bright and conſpicuous without deceite.

### Anagrams

* Ekman, Kamen, Manke

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch maken, from Old Dutch macon, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn. Doublet of maquilleren.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaːkə(n)/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ma‧ken
* Rhymes: -aːkən

### Verb

maken
* (transitive) to make, create, prepare
    Synonyms: creëren, vervaardigen
    Ze maakte een nieuw plan. ― She made a new plan.
    Ik maak graag tomatensoep. ― I like preparing tomato soup.
    Hij maakte de foto zonder mijn toestemming. ― He took the photo without my consent.
* (transitive) to fix, to repair, to mend
    Synonyms: repareren, herstellen
    Ik moet mijn fiets laten maken. ― I need to have someone repair my bike.
* (copulative) to make, cause to become
    Synonym: ver- -en

#### Derived terms

* handgemaakt
* maakbaar
* zaligmakend
* maaksel
* makelij
* maker
* verdachtmaking
* zaligmaking
* eendracht maakt macht
* zachte heelmeesters maken stinkende wonden
* aaneenmaken
* aanmaken
* afmaken
* bekendmaken
* bemaken
* bijmaken
* buitmaken
* dichtmaken
* doodmaken
* doormaken
* droogmaken
* een kopje kleiner maken
* fijnmaken
* gelijkmaken
* gemaken
* gereedmaken
* gevangenmaken
* gladmaken
* goedmaken
* hardmaken
* inmaken
* kaalmaken
* kapotmaken
* klaarmaken
* kleinmaken
* kortmaken
* krommaken
* kwijtmaken
* leegmaken
* losmaken
* medemaken
* meemaken
* mismaken
* namaken
* natmaken
* nedermaken
* neermaken
* ommaken
* ondermaken
* ontmaken
* openmaken
* opmaken
* overmaken
* platmaken
* rechtmaken
* rondmaken
* schoonmaken
* sense maken
* stilmaken
* stukmaken
* tegenmaken
* terugmaken
* toemaken
* uitmaken
* vastmaken
* vermaken
* volmaken
* vooraanmaken
* voormaken
* voortmaken
* vooruitmaken
* vrijmaken
* waarmaken
* wedermaken
* wederopmaken
* wegmaken

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: maak
* Javindo: maken
* Jersey Dutch: māke
* Negerhollands: mak, maak
* Skepi Creole Dutch: mak

## Japanese
### Romanization

maken
* Rōmaji transcription of まけん

## Kombio
### Noun

maken
* woman
    Yikn ka maken wurun-el.You are a woman from the bush.

### References

* Henry, Joan. Kombio Grammar Essentials. Ms. 123pp. (1992).

## Low German
### Etymology

From Middle Low German maken, from Old Saxon makōn, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn. See also Plautdietsch moaken (diphthongization before velar).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaːkən/
* IPA: /ˈmaː.kə(n)/, /ˈmæː.kə(n)/, /ˈmɑː.kə(n)/, /ˈmɒː.kə(n)/ Either the /ə/ or the /n/ may be dropped
* (Dialects with merger of /ɒː/ and /ɔʊ̯/) IPA: /ˈmɔʊ̯.kə(n)/
* Hyphenation: ma‧ken

### Verb

maken (past singular möök or makt, past participle makt or maakt, auxiliary verb hebben)
* To make.

#### Conjugation

Note: This conjugation is one of many. Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.
Note: This conjugation is one of many. Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

#### Related terms

* plattmaakt

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch macon, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaːkən/

### Verb

māken
* to make
* to make, to cause to be
** 1249, Schepenbrief van Bochoute, Velzeke, eastern Flanders:Si maken bekent die nu sien ende wesen selenThey make known to those who are now and will be

#### Descendants

* Dutch: maken
** Afrikaans: maak
** Javindo: maken
** Jersey Dutch: māke
** Negerhollands: mak, maak
** Skepi Creole Dutch: mak
* Limburgish: make
* → Picard Old French: makier, maquier
** → Middle French: maquier, macquiller
*** French: maquiller
**** → Catalan: maquillar
**** → Dutch: maquilleren
**** → Spanish: maquillar
**** → Portuguese: maquilhar, maquiar (Brazil)
**** → Romanian: machia

### Further reading

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

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* macke, mak, make, maki, makiȝe, makye, makyn
* macen, machiæ, macian, makian, makie, makien, makiȝen, makyȝe (Early Middle English)

### Etymology

From Old English macian, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaːkən/, /ˈmakən/

### Verb

maken
* To make or create; to have something made.
** a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Genesis 1:1-2”, in Wycliffe's Bible:In þe bigynnyng God made of nouȝt heuene and erþe. / Forſoþe þe erþe was idel and voide, and derkneſſis weren on the face of depþe; and the Spiryt of þe Lord was borun on the watris.In the beginning, God made the sky and the Earth out of nothing. / The Earth was inactive and empty, and darkness was on top of the seas' surfaces, and the Spirit of the Lord moved on the water.
** a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “General Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 9–12:And ſmale foweles maken melodye / That ſlepen al the nyght with open ye / So priketh hem Nature in hir corages / Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages […]And small birds make song / that sleep all night with their eyes open / (as Nature pokes them in their hearts). / Then people want to go on pilgrimages […]
** 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum xiii”, in, book XXI, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC, leaf 430, verso; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC, page 860, lines 29–31:& ſomme englyſſhe bookes maken mencyon that they wente neuer oute of englond after the deth of ſyr Launcelot / but that was but fauour of makers […]And some English books make claims that they never went out of England after the death of Sir Lancelot, / but that was only authors' biases […]

#### Usage notes

After the Early Middle English period, the irregular past forms of this verb become vastly more common than their regular alternatives; maked continues to occasionally appear in the Early Modern English literary language.

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

#### Derived terms

* make
* maker
* unmaken

#### Descendants

* English: make
* Geordie English: myek
* Scots: mak
* Yola: maake, maak

#### References

* “māken, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-12.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

maken m
* definite singular of make

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

maken m
* definite singular of make

## Swedish
### Noun

maken
* definite singular of make

### Anagrams

* manke