German edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪkŋ/
  • IPA(key): /ˈpikŋ/, [ˈb̥iɡ̥ŋ] (Austria)
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  • Hyphenation: pi‧cken
  • Rhymes: -ɪkŋ̩

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle High German bicken, from Old High German bicken, from Proto-West Germanic *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (to pick, peck, prick, knock), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bu- (to make a dull, hollow sound).

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

picken (weak, third-person singular present pickt, past tense pickte, past participle gepickt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to peck (of a bird)
    Der Vogel hat schon wieder an die Fensterscheibe gepickt.The bird pecked at the window pane yet again.
    Die Hühner pickten ihr Futter.The chickens pecked their food.

Etymology 2 edit

Same as Etymology 1.

Verb edit

picken (weak, third-person singular present pickt, past tense pickte, past participle gepickt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to pick (to grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails)
    Mit viel Mühe pickte er die letzte Olive aus dem Glas.With much effort he picked the last olive out of the jar.
Conjugation edit

Etymology 3 edit

From Middle High German bichen, pichen, picken (to coat with pitch), from Middle High German pech, bech (pitch), from Old High German peh, beh, from Proto-West Germanic *pik (pitch, tar, wood resin), from Latin pix (pitch, tar). Compare Pech.

Verb edit

picken (weak, third-person singular present pickt, past tense pickte, past participle gepickt, auxiliary sein or haben)

  1. (Austria, Bavaria, transitive) to glue, to stick [+ auf (accusative) = onto] [auxiliary haben]
  2. (Austria, Bavaria, intransitive) to adhere, to stick [+ auf (dative) = to] [auxiliary sein]
Conjugation edit
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Further reading edit

  • picken” in Duden online
  • picken” in Duden online
  • picken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • picken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Middle English edit

Verb edit

picken

  1. Alternative form of piken

Swedish edit

Noun edit

picken

  1. definite singular of pick