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raken.

to touch

5 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈraːkə(n)/
  1. to touch

    transitive
  2. to hit (to not miss)

    transitive
  3. to become

    copulative
    Ze raakte ongewenst zwanger.
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch rāken, from Old Dutch *racon, from Proto-West Germanic *rakōn.

verb/ˈraːkə(n)/
  1. to rake

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

By surface analysis, raak (“rake”) + -en, but compare English rake, Swedish raka.

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