fisk

See also Fisk

English

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

Compare Swedish fjeska (“to bustle about”).

Verb

fisk (third-person singular simple present fisks, present participle fisking, simple past and past participle fisked)

1. (obsolete) To run about; to frisk; to whisk.
   • Latimer

     He fisks abroad, and stirreth up erroneous opinions.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from fisking.

Verb

fisk (third-person singular simple present fisks, present participle fisking, simple past and past participle fisked)

1. To rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet.
   • 2002 December, Institute of Public Affairs, “The World of Blog”, Review:

     A proper fisking leaves the reader with a clear understanding that the text so fisked was appallingly wrong in every important respect!

   • 2008 March 13, “Fisked By Obama”, The Economist:

     Now, apparently, Barack Obama's campaign is fisking Hillary Clinton's campaign memos.

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fesk/, [fesɡ̊]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *pisḱ- (“fish”).

Noun

fisk c (singular definite fisken, plural indefinite fisk)

1. fish
2. Pisces (someone with a Pisces star sign)
3. (card games) Go Fish (a card game for children)

Inflection

    Inflection of fisk

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	fisk	fisken	fisk	fiskene
genitive	fisks	fiskens	fisks	fiskenes

External links

• Fisk on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia
• Fisk (kortspil) on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia:Fisk (kortspil)
• Fisk (flertydig) on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia:Fisk (flertydig)

Etymology 2

See fiske (“to fish”).

Verb

fisk

1. imperative of fiske

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Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz. Cognate with Swedish fisk.

Noun

fisk m

1. fish

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Faroese

Noun

fisk

1. accusative singular form of fiskur

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *pisḱ- (“fish”).

Noun

fisk

1. fish

Inflection

    Inflection of fisk

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	fisk	fisken	fisker	fiskene
Nynorsk m	fisk	fisken	fiskar	fiskane

Derived terms

• fiskebolle

References

• “fisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Old Dutch

Alternative forms

• visc

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pisḱ- (“fish”).

Noun

fisk m

1. fish

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: visc, visch
  • Dutch: vis

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, whence also Old English fisc, Old Norse fiskr, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (fisks), from Proto-Indo-European *pisḱ-. Cognates include Latin piscis. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pisḱ- (“fish”).

Noun

fisk m

1. fish

Descendants

• German: Fisch
• Yiddish: פֿיש (fish)

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Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• fisc, visk, visc

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, whence also Old English fisc, Old High German and Old Dutch fisk, Old Norse fiskr, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (fisks), from Proto-Indo-European *pisḱ-.

Noun

fisk m

1. fish

Declension

Declension of Declension of fisk (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	fisk	fiskos
accusative	fisk	fiskos
genitive	fiskes	fiskō
dative	fiske	fiskum

Descendants

• Low German: Fisk, Fisch

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish fisker, from Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *pisḱ- (“fish”).

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Noun

fisk c

1. (zoology) fish

Declension

Declension of fisk

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fisk	fisken	fiskar	fiskarna
genitive	fisks	fiskens	fiskars	fiskarnas

Related terms

• fiska
• fiskare
• fiskben
• fiskbutik
• fiske
• fiskhuvud
• fiskmånglare
• fiskrätt
• fiskrens
• guldfisk
• valfisk

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pisḱ-. Compare Saterland Frisian Fisk, English fish, Dutch vis, German Fisch, Danish fisk.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɪsk/

Noun

fisk c (pl fisken, dim. fiskje, dim. pl. fiskjes)

1. fish