fisk

See also Fisk

English

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Etymology 1

Compare Swedish fjeska (“to bustle about”).

Verb

fisk (third-person singular simple present fisks, present participle fisking, simple past and past participle fisked)

  1. (obsolete) To run about; to frisk; to whisk.
    • Latimer
      He fisks abroad, and stirreth up erroneous opinions.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from fisking.

Verb

fisk (third-person singular simple present fisks, present participle fisking, simple past and past participle fisked)

  1. To rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet.
    • 2002 December, Institute of Public Affairs, “The World of Blog”, Review:
      A proper fisking leaves the reader with a clear understanding that the text so fisked was appallingly wrong in every important respect!
    • 2008 March 13, “Fisked By Obama”, The Economist:
      Now, apparently, Barack Obama's campaign is fisking Hillary Clinton's campaign memos.
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Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /fesk/, [fesɡ̊]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *pisḱ- (“fish”).

Noun

fisk c (singular definite fisken, plural indefinite fisk)

  1. fish
  2. Pisces (someone with a Pisces star sign)
  3. (card games) Go Fish (a card game for children)
Inflection
    Inflection of fisk
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative fisk fisken fisk fiskene
genitive fisks fiskens fisks fiskenes
External links

Etymology 2

See fiske (“to fish”).

Verb

fisk

  1. imperative of fiske
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Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz. Cognate with Swedish fisk.

Noun

fisk m

  1. fish
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Faroese

Noun

fisk

  1. accusative singular form of fiskur
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Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *pisḱ- (“fish”).

Noun

fisk

  1. fish

Inflection

    Inflection of fisk
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Bokmål m fisk fisken fisker fiskene
Nynorsk m fisk fisken fiskar fiskane

Derived terms

  • fiskebolle

References

  • “fisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
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Old Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pisḱ- (“fish”).

Noun

fisk m

  1. fish

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: visc, visch
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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, whence also Old English fisc, Old Norse fiskr, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (fisks), from Proto-Indo-European *pisḱ-. Cognates include Latin piscis. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pisḱ- (“fish”).

Noun

fisk m

  1. fish

Descendants

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Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, whence also Old English fisc, Old High German and Old Dutch fisk, Old Norse fiskr, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (fisks), from Proto-Indo-European *pisḱ-.

Noun

fisk m

  1. fish

Declension

Declension of Declension of fisk (strong a-stem)
Singular Plural
nominative fisk fiskos
accusative fisk fiskos
genitive fiskes fiskō
dative fiske fiskum

Descendants

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish fisker, from Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *pisḱ- (“fish”).

Pronunciation

Noun

fisk c

  1. (zoology) fish

Declension

Declension of fisk
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fisk fisken fiskar fiskarna
genitive fisks fiskens fiskars fiskarnas

Related terms

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pisḱ-. Compare Saterland Frisian Fisk, English fish, Dutch vis, German Fisch, Danish fisk.

Pronunciation

Noun

fisk c (pl fisken, dim. fiskje, dim. pl. fiskjes)

  1. fish
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