picken

German

Alternative forms

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)

  1. to peck, to pick, to transmit power through a cusp
  2. (Austria, Bavaria, colloquial) to adhere, to stick

Conjugation

Further reading

  • picken” in Duden online
  • picken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Middle English

Verb

picken

  1. Alternative form of piken

Swedish

Noun

picken

  1. definite singular of pick.
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