# teken
## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtiə̯kən/

### Etymology 1

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.

#### Noun

teken (plural tekens, diminutive tekentjie)
* sign; signal
* sign, signpost

### Etymology 2

From Dutch tekenen, from Middle Dutch têkenen, from Old Dutch *tēkanen, from Proto-Germanic *taiknijaną, from etymology 1. Cognate with German zeichnen.

#### Verb

teken (present teken, present participle tekenende, past participle geteken)
* to draw; to sketch
* to sign; to subscribe

### Related terms

* teiken

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈteː.kən/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: te‧ken
* Rhymes: -eːkən

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch têken, from Old Dutch *tēkan, from Proto-West Germanic *taikn, from Proto-Germanic *taikną.
Cognate with German Zeichen, English token and Danish tegn.

#### Noun

teken n (plural tekenen or tekens, diminutive tekentje n)
* sign, indication, mark
    Synonym: aanwijzing
    Het vreemde geluid kan een teken zijn van een probleem met de motor.The strange sound may be a sign of a problem with the engine.
    Er waren geen zichtbare tekens van schade aan de buitenkant van het gebouw.There were no visible indications of damage on the exterior of the building.
    Ze zocht naar tekens van leven in het verlaten gebied.She looked for signs of life in the abandoned area.
* sign, symbol
    Het yin-yang teken is een belangrijk symbool in de Chinese filosofie.The yin-yang symbol is an important symbol in Chinese philosophy.
    De letters van het alfabet zijn tekens die samen woorden vormen.The letters of the alphabet are symbols that form words together.
    De code bestond uit een reeks geheime tekens die alleen de ontvanger kon begrijpen.The code consisted of a series of secret symbols that only the receiver could understand.
* character
    Chinese tekens ― Chinese characters

##### Alternative forms

* teiken (dialectal)

##### Derived terms

* gedenkteken
* wonderteken

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: teken, teiken
* Berbice Creole Dutch: tegn
* Negerhollands: teken
* → Indonesian: teken

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

teken
* plural of teek

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

teken
* inflection of tekenen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Anagrams

* keten, nekte

## Indonesian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch teken, from Middle Dutch têken, from Old Dutch *tēkan, from Proto-Germanic *taikną.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtɛkən]
* Hyphenation: té‧kên

#### Verb

teken
* (informal) to sign, to validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it
    Synonym: menandatangani

### Etymology 2

See this page for the complete etymology information. Influenced by Javanese teken.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtə.kən/
* Hyphenation: tê‧kên

#### Verb

teken (active neken, passive diteken, involuntary passive/active keteken)
* Informal form of tekan.

### Further reading

* “teken” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Low German
### Etymology

See the noun Teken (“symbol, sign”)

### Verb

teken (past singular teken, past participle tekent, auxiliary verb hebben)
* to draw, sign

#### Conjugation

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

## Maranao
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *teken, compare Old Javanese tĕkĕn.

### Noun

teken
* staff, cane (for walking)

### References

* A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch *tēkan, from Proto-West Germanic *taikn.

### Noun

têken n
* mark, sign
* gesture
* signal
* sign, indication
* mark, wound

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Alternative forms

* teiken

#### Derived terms

* têkenen

#### Descendants

* Dutch: teken, teiken (dialectal)
** Afrikaans: teken, teiken
** Berbice Creole Dutch: tegn
** Negerhollands: teken
** → Indonesian: teken
* Limburgish: teike

### Further reading

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

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Participle

teken (neuter teke, definite singular and plural tekne)
* past participle of ta
* past participle of taka

## Old Frisian
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *taikn.

### Noun

tēken n
* sign

#### Descendants

* North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: teeken
* Saterland Frisian: Teeken
* West Frisian: teken

## West Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian tēken, from Proto-West Germanic *taikn.

### Noun

teken n (plural tekens, diminutive tekentsje)
* sign
* mark
* symbol

#### Derived terms

* breedteken

#### Further reading

* “teken”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011