fisk

See also: Fisk

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪsk/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɪsk

Etymology 1

Compare Swedish fjäska (“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 fist; to whisk.
   • 1549 April 8 (Gregorian calendar)​, Hughe Latymer [i.e., Hugh Latimer]; Augustine Bernher, compiler, “[27 Sermons Preached by the Ryght Reuerende Father in God and Constant Matir of Iesus Christe, Maister Hugh Latimer, […].] The Fourth Sermon of Master Hugh Latimer whiche He Preached before Kyng Edwarde [VI], the .XXIX. Day of Marche.”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, […], London: […] John Day, […], published 1562, →OCLC, folio 50, recto:

     [W]hen the light of Goddes word is once reueled, then he is buſy, then he rores then he fyſkes abrode, and ſtyrreth vp erronious opiniõs.

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”, in Review‎^[1]:

     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”, in The Economist:

     Now, apparently, Barack Obama's campaign is fisking Hillary Clinton's campaign memos.

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfesk/, [ˈfe̝sɡ̊], [ˈfe̝sk]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”). Cognate with English fish and German Fisch. The Germanic word is related to Latin piscis, from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ- (“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

Declension of fisk

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fisk	fisken	fisk	fiskene
genitive	fisks	fiskens	fisks	fiskenes

Further reading

• fisk on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Fisk (kortspil) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Fisk (flertydig) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

See fiske (“to fish”).

Verb

fisk

1. imperative of fiske

Elfdalian

Etymology

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

Noun

fisk m

1. fish

Declension

Declension of fisk

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fisk	fisken	fisker	fiskär
accusative	fisk	fistjin	fiska	fiską
dative	fistje	fistjem	fiskum	fiskum(e)
genitive	fistjes	fistjemes	-	fiskumes

Faroese

Noun

fisk

1. accusative singular of fiskur

Icelandic

Noun

fisk

1. indefinite accusative singular of fiskur

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪsk/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

fisk m (definite singular fisken, indefinite plural fisker, definite plural fiskene)

1. a fish

Derived terms

See also derived terms at fiske.

Terms derived from fisk

• ferskvannsfisk
• fiskebolle
• fiskebutikk
• fiskefangst
• fiskefor, fiskefôr
• fiskehandler
• fiskekake

• fiskemel
• fiskeolje
• fiskeri
• fisketank
• fiskeørn
• flygefisk

• gullfisk
• kjempefisk
• lutefisk
• rakfisk
• rovfisk
• tørrfisk

Related terms

• fiske
• fisker

Etymology 2

Verb

fisk

1. imperative of fiske

References

• “fisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• fesk (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-. Akin to English fish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪsk/

Noun

fisk m (definite singular fisken, indefinite plural fiskar, definite plural fiskane)

1. a fish

Derived terms

See also derived terms at fiske.

Terms derived from fisk

• fiskebolle
• fiskebutikk
• fiskefangst
• fiskefor, fiskefôr
• fiskekake
• fiskeolje

• fiskeri
• fisketank
• fiskeørn
• flygefisk
• gullfisk

• kjempefisk
• lutefisk
• rakfisk
• rovfisk
• tørrfisk

Related terms

• fiske
• fiskar

References

• “fisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Alternative forms

• fisc

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, whence also Old English fisċ, Old Norse fiskr, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (fisks), from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-. Cognates include Latin piscis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fis̄k/

Noun

fisk m

1. fish

Declension

Declension of fisk (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	fisk	fiska
accusative	fisk	fiska
genitive	fiskes	fisko
dative	fiske	fiskum
instrumental	fisku	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: visch
  • Bavarian: Fiisch

    Cimbrian: viss, biss, visch

    Mòcheno: visch

  • Central Franconian:

    Hunsrik: Fisch

    Kölsch: Fesch

  • German: Fisch
  • Luxembourgish: Fësch
  • Transylvanian Saxon: Fäsch
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Palatine German: Fusch, Fisch

  • Vilamovian: fejś
  • Yiddish: פֿיש‎ (fish)

Old Norse

Noun

fisk

1. accusative singular of fiskr

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• fisc, visk, visc

Etymology

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

Noun

fisk m

1. fish

Declension

Declension of fisk (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	fisk	fiskos
accusative	fisk	fiskos
genitive	fiskes	fiskō
dative	fiske	fiskum
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German: visch, vis
  • Dutch Low Saxon: visch
  • German Low German: Fisk, Fiss, Fisch, Fösch
  • Plautdietsch: Fesch

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪsk/
• Rhymes: -ɪsk

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Noun

fisk c

1. (zoology) fish
2. Pisces (star sign)

Declension

Declension of fisk
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fisk	fisken	fiskar	fiskarna
Genitive	fisks	fiskens	fiskars	fiskarnas

Derived terms

• fiska
• fiskare
• fiskben
• fiskbutik
• fiske
• fiskfilé
• fiskhuvud
• fiskmånglare
• fiskrens
• fiskrätt
• ful fisk
• guldfisk
• valfisk

 

Adverb

fisk

1. (games) low placed (of a hidden hidden object)

   – Det börjar brännas.
   – Fågel, fisk eller mittemellan?

   – It's getting hot.
   – High, low or in-between?

   (literally, “Bird, fish or in-between?”)

   Coordinate terms: fågel, mittemellan

See also

Zodiac signs in Swedish (layout · text)
Väduren	Oxen	Tvillingarna	Kräftan
Lejonet	Jungfrun	Vågen	Skorpionen
Skytten	Stenbocken	Vattumannen	Fiskarna

Anagrams

• fiks

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian fisk, from Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪsk/

Noun

fisk c (plural fisken, diminutive fiskje)

1. fish

Further reading

• “fisk”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011