Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch bicken, a variant of picken (modern pikken).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɪkə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: bik‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɪkən

Verb edit

bikken

  1. (transitive) to chip, to chip off
  2. (transitive, colloquial) to eat

Inflection edit

Inflection of bikken (weak)
infinitive bikken
past singular bikte
past participle gebikt
infinitive bikken
gerund bikken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bik bikte
2nd person sing. (jij) bikt bikte
2nd person sing. (u) bikt bikte
2nd person sing. (gij) bikt bikte
3rd person singular bikt bikte
plural bikken bikten
subjunctive sing.1 bikke bikte
subjunctive plur.1 bikken bikten
imperative sing. bik
imperative plur.1 bikt
participles bikkend gebikt
1) Archaic.

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Papiamentu: bek

Middle English edit

Verb edit

bikken

  1. Alternative form of bekenen