Kieker
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]German Low German Kieker, Middle Low German kiker, by surface analysis, kieken + -er.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Kieker m (strong, genitive Kiekers, plural Kieker)
- (Northern Germany, nautical) telescope
- 1921 [1913], Gorch Fock [pseudonym; Johann Kinau], Seefahrt ist not!, page 149:
- […] da vergaß der Junge das fremde Gefühl und wurde lebhafter, er holte sich den Kieker aus dem Nachthaus und betrachtete Ewer für Ewer: er las die Nummern und ließ sich die Schiffer dazu sagen.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Kieker [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Kieker” in Duden online
- “Kieker” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Peter Hansen (2024) “Kieker”, in Digitales Wörterbuch Niederdeutsch (dwn)
- Gustav Goedel (1902) “Kieker”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Seemannssprache (in German), Kiel und Leipzig: Lipsius & Tischer, page 242
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