kiek

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kiek, used chiefly in the diminutive kiekje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kik/

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Noun

kiek (plural kieke, diminutive kiekie)

1. (rare) photo; photograph (usually taken by an amateur photographer)

Usage notes

Its diminutive kiekie is much more commonly used and has become a simplex with its own diminutive form.

Verb

kiek (present kiek, present participle kiekende, past participle gekiek)

1. to photograph; to take a picture

Synonyms

• afneem
• fotografeer

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kik/
• Hyphenation: kiek
• Rhymes: -ik

Etymology 1

From the name of Dutch photographer Israël Kiek. Probably reinforced by analogy with kijk (“a look”) and kieken, a dialectal synonym for kijken (“to look”).

Noun

kiek m (plural kieken, diminutive kiekje n)

1. (chiefly diminutive) A snapshot, photograph; orinally specifically used for a group scene and/or shot by an amateur photographer

Derived terms

• kieken

Verb

kiek

1. inflection of kieken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Etymology 2

See kieken (“chicken”)

Noun

kiek f (plural kiekens, diminutive kiekje n)

1. A chick, young of a domestic fowl or other bird
2. A domestic chicken or other fowl
3. (figuratively) A dumb 'bird', (notably) female airhead

Synonyms

• kieken
• kuiken (young only)

Etymology 3

Germanic, perhaps from the root of kodde (“club”). Cognate with West Frisian kijk.

Noun

kiek c (plural kieken, diminutive kiekje n)

1. A vernacular name for plants of several species:
   1. Brassica nigra (black mustard)
   2. Rhamphospermum arvense (syns. Sinapis arvensis, etc.)
   3. Raphanus raphanistrum.
   4. Thlaspi arvense
   5. Alliaria petiolata (syn. Alliaria officinalis)

Synonyms

• zwarte mosterd (Brassica nigra)
• gele kiek (several)
• witte kiek (several)
• look-zonder-look (Alliaria petiolata)
• kiedik (Rhamphospermum arvense, syns. Sinapis arvensis, etc.)

Derived terms

• kiekzaad n
• kopkiek (Erysimum cheiranthoides)
• gele kiek
• witte kiek

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiːk/

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Verb

kiek

1. singular imperative of kieken
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of kieken