picken
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈpɪkŋ/
- IPA(key): /ˈpikŋ/, [ˈb̥iɡ̥ŋ] (Austria)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: pi‧cken
- Rhymes: -ɪkŋ̩
Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German bicken, from Old High German bicken, from Proto-West Germanic *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (“to pick, peck, prick, knock”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bu- (“to make a dull, hollow sound”).
Alternative forms
[edit]Verb
[edit]picken (weak, third-person singular present pickt, past tense pickte, past participle gepickt, auxiliary haben)
- to peck (of a bird)
- Der Vogel hat schon wieder an die Fensterscheibe gepickt. ― The bird pecked at the window pane yet again.
- Die Hühner pickten ihr Futter. ― The chickens pecked their food.
Etymology 2
[edit]Same as Etymology 1.
Verb
[edit]picken (weak, third-person singular present pickt, past tense pickte, past participle gepickt, auxiliary haben)
- to pick (to grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails)
- Mit viel Mühe pickte er die letzte Olive aus dem Glas. ― With much effort he picked the last olive out of the jar.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | picken | ||||
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present participle | pickend | ||||
past participle | gepickt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich picke | wir picken | i | ich picke | wir picken |
du pickst | ihr pickt | du pickest | ihr picket | ||
er pickt | sie picken | er picke | sie picken | ||
preterite | ich pickte | wir pickten | ii | ich pickte1 | wir pickten1 |
du picktest | ihr picktet | du picktest1 | ihr picktet1 | ||
er pickte | sie pickten | er pickte1 | sie pickten1 | ||
imperative | pick (du) picke (du) |
pickt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Etymology 3
[edit]From Middle High German bichen, pichen, picken (“to coat with pitch”), from Middle High German pech, bech (“pitch”), from Old High German peh, beh, from Proto-West Germanic *pik (“pitch, tar, wood resin”), from Latin pix (“pitch, tar”). Compare Pech.
Verb
[edit]picken (weak, third-person singular present pickt, past tense pickte, past participle gepickt, auxiliary sein or haben)
- (Austria, Bavaria, transitive) to glue, to stick [with auf (+ accusative) ‘onto’] [auxiliary haben]
- (Austria, Bavaria, intransitive) to adhere, to stick [with auf (+ dative) ‘to’] [auxiliary sein]
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | picken | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | pickend | ||||
past participle | gepickt | ||||
auxiliary | sein or haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich picke | wir picken | i | ich picke | wir picken |
du pickst | ihr pickt | du pickest | ihr picket | ||
er pickt | sie picken | er picke | sie picken | ||
preterite | ich pickte | wir pickten | ii | ich pickte1 | wir pickten1 |
du picktest | ihr picktet | du picktest1 | ihr picktet1 | ||
er pickte | sie pickten | er pickte1 | sie pickten1 | ||
imperative | pick (du) picke (du) |
pickt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “picken” in Duden online
- “picken” in Duden online
- “picken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “picken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Middle English
[edit]Verb
[edit]picken
- Alternative form of piken
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]picken
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