schrikken

Dutch

From Middle Dutch schricken, from Old Dutch *skrikken, from Proto-Germanic *skrikjaną; the ultimate origin is uncertain, possibly related to *skeraną (“to shear”) or *skrīaną (“to scream”).^[1] Also compare Old Norse skaga (“to jut out”).

schrikken

(intransitive) to be startled, to get a scare
Niet schrikken!
Don't be startled!
(transitive) to quench (cool rapidly by immersion)

Conjugation of schrikken (strong class 3a)
infinitive	schrikken
past singular	schrok
past participle	geschrokken
infinitive	schrikken
gerund	schrikken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	schrik	schrok
2nd person sing. (jij)	schrikt, schrik²	schrok
2nd person sing. (u)	schrikt	schrok
2nd person sing. (gij)	schrikt	schrokt
3rd person singular	schrikt	schrok
plural	schrikken	schrokken

subjunctive sing.¹	schrikke	schrokke
subjunctive plur.¹	schrikken	schrokken

imperative sing.	schrik
imperative plur.¹	schrikt

participles	schrikkend	geschrokken
¹⁾ Archaic. ²⁾ In case of inversion.

^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “schreken”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

schrikken