kiek

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kiek, used chiefly in the diminutive kiekje.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kik/
  • (file)

Noun

kiek (plural kieke, diminutive kiekie)

  1. (rare) photo; photograph (usually taken by an amateur photographer)

Usage notes

Its diminutive kiekie is much more commonly used and has become a simplex with its own diminutive form.

Verb

kiek (present kiek, present participle kiekende, past participle gekiek)

  1. to photograph; to take a picture

Synonyms

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kik/
  • Hyphenation: kiek
  • Rhymes: -ik

Etymology 1

From the name of Dutch photographer Israël Kiek. Probably reinforced by analogy with kijk (a look) and kieken, a dialectal synonym for kijken (to look).

Noun

kiek m (plural kieken, diminutive kiekje n)

  1. (chiefly diminutive) A snapshot, photograph; orinally specifically used for a group scene and/or shot by an amateur photographer
Derived terms

Verb

kiek

  1. inflection of kieken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Etymology 2

See kieken (chicken)

Noun

kiek f (plural kiekens, diminutive kiekje n)

  1. A chick, young of a domestic fowl or other bird
  2. A domestic chicken or other fowl
  3. (figuratively) A dumb 'bird', (notably) female airhead
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Germanic, perhaps from the root of kodde (club). Cognate with West Frisian kijk.

Noun

kiek c (plural kieken, diminutive kiekje n)

  1. A vernacular name for plants of several species:
    1. Brassica nigra (black mustard)
    2. Rhamphospermum arvense (syns. Sinapis arvensis, etc.)
    3. Raphanus raphanistrum.
    4. Thlaspi arvense
    5. Alliaria petiolata (syn. Alliaria officinalis)
Synonyms
Derived terms

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiːk/
  • (file)

Verb

kiek

  1. singular imperative of kieken
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of kieken
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