kookte

Kookte is the past tense form of the Dutch verb koken, meaning to cook. It is used to describe a completed act of cooking in the simple past tense, rather than in the perfect tense.

In standard Dutch, kookte is used with singular subjects: ik kookte, jij kookte, hij/zij/het kookte. For plural subjects, the past tense is kookten: wij kookten, jullie kookten, zij kookten. The form is common in narrative prose and in statements about past events, and the spelling remains the same across all singular persons.

Etymology and relation: Kookte comes from the verb koken, with cognates in other Germanic languages. For example, German kochte is the equivalent past tense form. The term kookte is primarily a grammatical inflection rather than a separate lexical item.

Examples: Gisteren kookte ik rijst met groenten. Zij kookte een soep voor de gasten. In everyday speech, speakers may also use different tenses or periphrastic forms (such as hebben + gekookt for the present perfect), but kookte remains the standard simple past form for singular subjects.