necken

See also: nécken

German

Etymology

Intensive form of nagen (to gnaw), with semantic shift "to gnaw → to torment → to tease".

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛkən/, [ˈnɛkŋ]

Verb

necken (weak, third-person singular present neckt, past tense neckte, past participle geneckt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to tease

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • Neckerei

Derived terms

Further reading

  • necken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • necken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • necken” in Duden online
  • necken” in OpenThesaurus.de
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