piken

See also: Piken

German

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From French piquer or denominal from German Pike (“pike”) or both parallelly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpiːkən], [ˈpiːkŋ̩]

Verb

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

Further reading

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

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• picken, pikken, pykken, pyken, pycken, pyke, picke, pyek, pic

Etymology

From Old English *piccian, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną; equivalent to pyke (“point, pike”) +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpikən/, /ˈpiːkən/

Verb

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

Conjugation of piken (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) piken, pike
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	pike	piked
2nd-person singular	pikest	pikedest
3rd-person singular	piketh	piked
subjunctive singular	pike
imperative singular		—
plural1	piken, pike	pikeden, pikede
imperative plural	piketh, pike	—
participles	pikynge, pikende	piked, ypiked

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Derived terms

• pykeharneys
• piker
• pikyng

Descendants

• English: pick
• Scots: pik, pick

References

• “pī̆ken (v.(1))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-08.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• pika f

Noun

piken m

1. definite masculine singular of pike