German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German zwicken (to fasten with nails, squeeze in, pinch, tug), Old High German *zwicchēn. Cognate with Middle English twicchen, English twitch, Low German twikken.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡svɪkən/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: zwi‧cken

Verb edit

zwicken (weak, third-person singular present zwickt, past tense zwickte, past participle gezwickt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to pinch

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Polish: ćwiczyć

References edit

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “zwicken”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading edit

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