stikken
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch sticken, from Old Dutch *sticcon, from Proto-West Germanic *stikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *stikkōną.
Verb edit
stikken
- (intransitive) to choke, suffocate
- (transitive, archaic) to suffocate, to cause problems with breathing
- (impersonal) to teem [+ van (with)] (to have an abundance of)
- 1973, Vader Abraham, zijn Goede Zonen, “Uche uche”, in Vader Abraham & zijn Goede Zonen:
- Uche uche uche uche uche, / het stikt hier van de muggen.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Inflection edit
| Inflection of stikken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | stikken | |||
| past singular | stikte | |||
| past participle | gestikt | |||
| infinitive | stikken | |||
| gerund | stikken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | stik | stikte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | stikt | stikte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | stikt | stikte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | stikt | stikte | ||
| 3rd person singular | stikt | stikte | ||
| plural | stikken | stikten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | stikke | stikte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | stikken | stikten | ||
| imperative sing. | stik | |||
| imperative plur.1 | stikt | |||
| participles | stikkend | gestikt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Dutch sticken, from Old Dutch *sticken, from Proto-West Germanic *stikkjan, from Proto-Germanic *stikjaną.
Verb edit
stikken
- to stitch
Inflection edit
| Inflection of stikken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | stikken | |||
| past singular | stikte | |||
| past participle | gestikt | |||
| infinitive | stikken | |||
| gerund | stikken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | stik | stikte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | stikt | stikte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | stikt | stikte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | stikt | stikte | ||
| 3rd person singular | stikt | stikte | ||
| plural | stikken | stikten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | stikke | stikte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | stikken | stikten | ||
| imperative sing. | stik | |||
| imperative plur.1 | stikt | |||
| participles | stikkend | gestikt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Descendants edit
- → Papiamentu: stek
West Frisian edit
Adjective edit
stikken
Inflection edit
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading edit
- “stikken”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011