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
2. to tolerate, condone (accept begrudgingly)
3. (informal) to steal, thieve, nick

• (peck): hameren, tikken
• (steal): stelen, jatten
• (tolerate): slikken, verdragen

• Negerhollands: pik, pek
• → Papiamentu: pik

pikken

1. Plural form of pik

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

pikken

1. to pitch, tar

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “pik4”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

• 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