stik
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From the verb stikke (“jab, stab”).
Noun edit
stik
- a stab or jab
- an electrical plug
- Træk stikket ud af stikkontakten.
- Pull the plug out of the socket.
- Træk stikket ud af stikkontakten.
- (card games) a trick
- Han tog det sidste stik med et trumfkort.
- He took the last trick with a trump card.
- Han tog det sidste stik med et trumfkort.
- a hitch (knot used to fasten a rope to a rigid object)
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
stik
- inflection of stikken:
Interjection edit
stik
- (Netherlands) drat, darn; Used as an expression of frustration, if something doesn't work out as expected. It is a rather innocent, child-friendly curse.
- Stik, alweer ernaast!
- Drat, missed again!
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Noun edit
stik (plural stikkes)
- Alternative form of stikke
Pitcairn-Norfolk edit
Etymology edit
From English the sticks.
Noun edit
stik
West Flemish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch stic, variant of stuc, from Old Dutch *stukki, from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją.
Noun edit
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
stik n (plural stikken, diminutive stikje)
- part
- piece, fragment, component
- performance, play, number
- Richard III is in stik fan William Shakespeare.
- Richard III is a play by Shakespeare.
Further reading edit
- “stik (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011