piken

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German

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Alternative forms

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  • piksen (somewhat less colloquial)
  • pieken (considered a misspelling however frequent)

Etymology

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Borrowed from French piquer or denominal from German Pike (pike) or both parallelly.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpiːkən], [ˈpiːkŋ̩]
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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piken (weak, third-person singular present pikt, past tense pikte, past participle gepikt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial) to prick, to sting, to pinch

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • piken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • piken” in Duden online

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English *piccian, from Proto-West Germanic *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną; equivalent to pyke (point, pike) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpikən/, /ˈpiːkən/

Verb

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piken

  1. To pick at; to use a edged tool on (a surface)
  2. To pierce or deal a blow using the mouth.
  3. To grab a part of one's body with one's fingernails or teeth
  4. To remove with a sharp point; pick away; to remove undesired substances via the means of picking.
  5. To remove by means of grabbing or forcing; to take or grasp.
  6. To cleanse or tidy; to ensure one's own cleanliness.
  7. To pick, decide or elect; to make a choice or declare a preference.
  8. To gain possession of; to grab or grasp.
  9. To acquire or grasp an intangible mental quality such as knowledge, skill, or disposition; to gain.
  10. To seize, burgle, or pickpocket; to take illegally or illegitimately.
  11. (rare) To depart, leave, venture out.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: pick
  • Scots: pik, pick

References

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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piken m

  1. definite masculine singular of pike

Swedish

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Noun

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piken

  1. definite singular of pik