fisk

See also: Fisk

English

Etymology 1

Compare Swedish fjäska (“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”, in Review‎^[1]:

     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”, in The Economist:

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

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fesk/, [fesɡ̊]

Etymology 1

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

Declension of fisk

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fisk	fisken	fisk	fiskene
genitive	fisks	fiskens	fisks	fiskenes

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

See fiske (“to fish”).

Verb

fisk

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of fiske

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Elfdalian

Etymology

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

Noun

fisk m

1. fish

Declension

Declension of fisk

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fisk	fisken	fisker	fiskär
accusative	fisk	fistjin	fiska	fiską
dative	fistje	fistjem	fiskum	fiskum(e)
genitive	fistjes	fistjemes	-	fiskumes

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Faroese

Noun

fisk

1. accusative singular of fiskur

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Icelandic

Noun

1. indefinite accusative singular of fiskur

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

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

Noun

fisk m (definite singular fisken, indefinite plural fisker, definite plural fiskene)

1. a fish

Derived terms

See also derived terms at fiske.

Terms derived from fisk

• ferskvannsfisk
• fiskebolle
• fiskebutikk
• fiskefangst
• fiskefor, fiskefôr
• fiskehandler
• fiskekake

• fiskemel
• fiskeolje
• fiskeri
• fisketank
• fiskeørn
• flygefisk

• gullfisk
• kjempefisk
• lutefisk
• rakfisk
• rovfisk
• tørrfisk

Related terms

• fiske
• fisker

Etymology 2

Verb

fisk

1. imperative of fiske

References

• “fisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-. Akin to English fish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪsk/

Noun

fisk m (definite singular fisken, indefinite plural fiskar, definite plural fiskane)

1. a fish

Derived terms

See also derived terms at fiske.

Terms derived from fisk

• fiskebolle
• fiskebutikk
• fiskefangst
• fiskefor, fiskefôr
• fiskekake
• fiskeolje

• fiskeri
• fisketank
• fiskeørn
• flygefisk
• gullfisk

• kjempefisk
• lutefisk
• rakfisk
• rovfisk
• tørrfisk

Related terms

• fiske
• fiskar

References

• “fisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old High German

Alternative forms

• fisc

Etymology

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

Noun

fisk m

1. fish

Descendants

• Middle High German: visch
  • Bavarian: Fiisch

    Cimbrian: biss

    Mòcheno: visch

  • Central Franconian:

    Hunsrik: Fisch

    Kölsch: Fesch

  • German: Fisch
  • Luxembourgish: Fësch
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Palatine German: Fusch, Fisch

  • Vilamovian: fejś
  • 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 Dutch and Old High German fisk, Old Norse fiskr, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (fisks), from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-.

Noun

fisk m

1. fish

Declension

Declension of fisk (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	fisk	fiskos
accusative	fisk	fiskos
genitive	fiskes	fiskō
dative	fiske	fiskum
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German: visch, vis
  • Dutch Low Saxon: visch
  • German Low German: Fisk, Fisch, Fösch
  • Plautdietsch: Fesch

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪsk/
• Rhymes: -ɪsk

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Noun

fisk c

1. (zoology) fish

Declension

Declension of fisk
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fisk	fisken	fiskar	fiskarna
Genitive	fisks	fiskens	fiskars	fiskarnas

Derived terms

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

 

Anagrams

• fiks

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪsk/

Noun

fisk c (plural fisken, diminutive fiskje)

1. fish

Further reading

• “fisk”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From , from , from .

Noun

1. A fish.