piek

See also: Pięk

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch piek, from Middle Dutch pike.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pik/

Noun

piek (plural pieke)

1. A highest point; a peak.
2. A summit, a peak, the highest point of a mountain.
3. A pike (polearm).

Dutch

A piek on top of an aluminium Christmas tree.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pik/

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• Hyphenation: piek
• Rhymes: -ik

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch pike, ultimately from the root of pikken (“to stab, pierce”).

Noun

piek f (plural pieken, diminutive piekje n)

1. A highest point; a peak.
2. A summit, a peak, the highest point of a mountain.

   Synonyms: bergtop, top

3. A pike (polearm).
4. (informal) A guilder (comparable to buck, quid).
5. A spire tree-topper for a Christmas tree.

Derived terms

• (peak): piekbui, piekervaring, piekuur
• (pike): piekenier
• (guilder): piekenpijp

Descendants

• Afrikaans: piek
• → Papiamentu: piki, piekie, piek

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

piek

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