pikken

pikken c

1. definite singular of pik

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪ.kə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: pik‧ken
• Rhymes: -ɪkən

From Middle Dutch picken, from Old Dutch *pikken, from Proto-West Germanic *pikkōn. Cognate with English prick; see there for more details.

pikken

1. to peck (as with a bird's beak), hammer

   Synonyms: hameren, tikken

   De gier pikte met zijn snavel in het karkas. ― The vulture pecked at the carcass with his beak.

2. to tolerate, condone (accept begrudgingly), accept or stand (for) something

   Synonyms: slikken, verdragen

   Dat pik ik niet! ― I won't stand for that!

3. (informal) to steal, thieve, nick, snatch

   Synonyms: stelen, jatten

   Hij heeft mijn pen gepikt. ― He nicked my pen.

• Negerhollands: pik, pek
• → Papiamentu: pik

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “pikken2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

From Middle Dutch pec, pecke, a borrowing from Latin pix (“tar, pitch”).

pikken

1. to pitch, tar

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “pikken1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pikken

1. plural of pik

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

pikk +‎ -en

• IPA^(key): [ˈpikːɛn]
• Hyphenation: pik‧ken

pikken

1. superessive singular of pikk

pikken

1. Alternative form of piken