picken
German
    
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Etymology
    
From Middle High German bicken, from Old High German bicken. Probably imitative of the noises made by birds picking up food. In the sense of adhering byform of pichen.
Pronunciation
    
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- Rhymes: -ɪkŋ̩
Verb
    
picken (weak, third-person singular present pickt, past tense pickte, past participle gepickt, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
    
Conjugation of picken (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | picken | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | pickend | ||||
| past participle | gepickt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich picke | wir picken | i | ich picke | wir picken | 
| du pickst | ihr pickt | du pickest | ihr picket | ||
| er pickt | sie picken | er picke | sie picken | ||
| preterite | ich pickte | wir pickten | ii | ich pickte1 | wir pickten1 | 
| du picktest | ihr picktet | du picktest1 | ihr picktet1 | ||
| er pickte | sie pickten | er pickte1 | sie pickten1 | ||
| imperative | pick (du) picke (du) | pickt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of picken (weak, auxiliary haben)
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