From Middle Dutch cacken, probably from Latin cacō (“to defecate, soil”), either way presumably ultimately sound imitative.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑkə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: kak‧ken
• Rhymes: -ɑkən

kakken

1. (intransitive) to defecate

   Synonyms: poepen, drukken, ontlasten, schijten

2. (transitive) to (secrete) shit (notably solids)
3. (intransitive) to trot slowly, lustlessly

• Berbice Creole Dutch: kaka
• Negerhollands: kaka, koka