Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈki.kə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: kie‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ikən

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-West Germanic *kiukīn. Doublet with kuiken.

Noun edit

kieken n (plural kiekens, diminutive kiekentje n)

  1. chick, young domestic fowl
    Synonym: kuiken
  2. (by extension) Any chicken
    Synonym: kip
  3. (figuratively) A dumb bird, derogatory term for a (usually female) airhead
    Synonym: uilskuiken
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the name of Dutch photographer Israël Kiek.

Verb edit

kieken

  1. To photograph, take/shoot (a) picture(s)
    Synonym: fotograferen
Inflection edit
Inflection of kieken (weak)
infinitive kieken
past singular kiekte
past participle gekiekt
infinitive kieken
gerund kieken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular kiek kiekte
2nd person sing. (jij) kiekt kiekte
2nd person sing. (u) kiekt kiekte
2nd person sing. (gij) kiekt kiekte
3rd person singular kiekt kiekte
plural kieken kiekten
subjunctive sing.1 kieke kiekte
subjunctive plur.1 kieken kiekten
imperative sing. kiek
imperative plur.1 kiekt
participles kiekend gekiekt
1) Archaic.

Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from Low German kieken.

Verb edit

kieken

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of kijken
    Effe kieken wat we hier hebben.
    Let's see what we've got here.
Usage notes edit
  • Used in standard Dutch contexts on occasion, colloquially and/or somewhat jocularly, imitating Low German or Low German-influenced dialects from the eastern Netherlands.

Etymology 4 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

kieken

  1. plural of kiek (snapshot)

Noun edit

kieken

  1. plural of kiek (plant)

Dutch Low Saxon edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German kîken, from Old Saxon kīkan, from Proto-West Germanic *kīkan.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

kieken

  1. (intransitive) to look

Inflection edit

German edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle Low German kîken, from Old Saxon kīkan, from Proto-West Germanic *kīkan.

The verb is strong in Low German, but treated as weak in standard German. Cognate with Dutch kijken. Compare also German gucken, kucken, which need not be originally related, but has probably been influenced by kieken.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkiːkən/, [ˈkiːkən], [ˈkiːkŋ̩]
  • (file)
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Verb edit

kieken (weak, third-person singular present kiekt, past tense kiekte, past participle gekiekt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial, regional, Northern Germany, particularly north-east) to look; to glance
    Wat kiekt der Typ denn so hier rüber?
    Why’s that guy looking over here like that?
    Kiek mal einer an!Well look at that!
    • 1920 [1910], Hermann Löns, Der Wehrwolf [] [1]:
      Er sah über das Bruch. »Kiek, was ist denn das da für eine putzwunderliche Wolke über Ödringen? I, das sieht ja meist wie Rauch aus! Aber es ist doch wohl bloß eine Wolke.«
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes edit

  • Although the verb itself is regionally and stylistically narrowly restricted, the phrase auf dem Kieker is in common use.
  • Harking back to the original Low German word, the 2nd and 3rd person singular present often take a short vowel.

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • kieken” in Duden online
  • kieken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Peter Hansen (2024) “kieken”, in Digitales Wörterbuch Niederdeutsch (dwn)