stikken

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɪ.kə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: stik‧ken
• Rhymes: -ɪkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch sticken.

Verb

stikken

1. (intransitive) to choke, suffocate
2. (transitive, archaic) to suffocate, to cause problems with breathing
3. (impersonal) to teem Template:+preo (to have an abundance of)
   • 1973, Vader Abraham & zijn Goede Zonen, "Uche uche", Vader Abraham & zijn Goede Zonen.

     Uche uche uche uche uche, / het stikt hier van de muggen.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inflection

Conjugation of stikken (weak)
infinitive	stikken
past singular	stikte
past participle	gestikt
infinitive	stikken
gerund	stikken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	stik	stikte
2nd person sing. (jij)	stikt, stik2	stikte
2nd person sing. (u)	stikt	stikte
2nd person sing. (gij)	stikt	stikte
3rd person singular	stikt	stikte
plural	stikken	stikten
subjunctive sing.1	stikke	stikte
subjunctive plur.1	stikken	stikten
imperative sing.	stik
imperative plur.1	stikt
participles	stikkend	gestikt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

• stikstof

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch sticken.

Verb

stikken

1. to stitch

Inflection

Conjugation of stikken (weak)
infinitive	stikken
past singular	stikte
past participle	gestikt
infinitive	stikken
gerund	stikken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	stik	stikte
2nd person sing. (jij)	stikt, stik2	stikte
2nd person sing. (u)	stikt	stikte
2nd person sing. (gij)	stikt	stikte
3rd person singular	stikt	stikte
plural	stikken	stikten
subjunctive sing.1	stikke	stikte
subjunctive plur.1	stikken	stikten
imperative sing.	stik
imperative plur.1	stikt
participles	stikkend	gestikt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

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West Frisian

Adjective

stikken

1. shattered

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

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