Bavarian edit

Alternative forms edit

  • picka (West Central Bavarian)

Etymology edit

From a variant of Middle High German pichen, bichen, ultimatively from Proto-West Germanic *pik (pitch, tar, wood resin), from Latin pix (pitch, tar). Compare German pichen and picken.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈb̥iɡ̥ːɴ̩/
  • Hyphenation: pickn

Verb edit

pickn (past participle pickt) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Southern Bavarian, Carinthia, Tyrol)

  1. (intransitive) to stick [+ auf (dative) = to] [auxiliary sei]
    Der Dreck is ma auf de Schuach pickt.The dirt was sticking to my shoes.
  2. (transitive) to glue (on), to stick on [+ auf (accusative) = onto] [auxiliary håbn]
    I håb's Pickerl auf d'Scheibn pickt.I stuck the sticker on the pane.

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