checken

Borrowed from English check.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɛkə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: chec‧ken
• Rhymes: -ɛkən

checken

1. (transitive) to check (up), to inspect, examine

Conjugation of checken (weak)
infinitive	checken
past singular	checkte
past participle	gecheckt
infinitive	checken
gerund	checken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	check	checkte
2nd person sing. (jij)	checkt, check2	checkte
2nd person sing. (u)	checkt	checkte
2nd person sing. (gij)	checkt	checkte
3rd person singular	checkt	checkte
plural	checken	checkten
subjunctive sing.1	checke	checkte
subjunctive plur.1	checken	checkten
imperative sing.	check
imperative plur.1	checkt
participles	checkend	gecheckt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

• controleren
• nakijken

• afchecken
• inchecken
• nachecken
• uitchecken

• check
• checklist

• check-up

• →? Sranan Tongo: kèk
  • → Caribbean Javanese: tyèg, ngetyèg

Borrowed from English check +‎ -en.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɛkən/, [ˈtʃɛkŋ̩]

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• Hyphenation: che‧cken; pre-1996: chek‧ken

checken (weak or irregular weak, third-person singular present checkt, past tense checkte, past participle gecheckt or (proscribed) gechecked, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to check (up), to inspect, examine

   Ich werde die Sache mal checken. ― I'm going to have a look at this.

2. (colloquial, transitive) to grasp, understand

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:begreifen

   Ich habe gar nichts gecheckt. ― I didn't understand a thing.

   • 2000, “Da Draussen”, in Fettes Brot für die Welt, performed by Fettes Brot:

     Was wir heute produzieren wird erst in Jahren dann gecheckt

     What we produce today will only be understood years later.

3. (juvenile slang) to get, to procure, to obtain, to gain

   Synonym: klären

   Antonym: verchecken

   Ich hab uns ein Bier gecheckt. ― I got us a beer.

• The senses 2 and 3 don't exist in English check.

• “checken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “checken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “checken” in Duden online
• “checken” in OpenThesaurus.de

checken (third-person singular present checkt, past participle gecheckt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to check

Regular
infinitive	checken
participle	gecheckt
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	imperative
1st singular	checken	—
2nd singular	checks	check
3rd singular	checkt	—
1st plural	checken	—
2nd plural	checkt	checkt
3rd plural	checken	—
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

checken

1. definite singular of check