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German
Etymology
German Low German Kieker, Middle Low German kiker, by surface analysis, kieken + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
Kieker m (strong, genitive Kiekers, plural Kieker)
- (Northern Germany, nautical) telescope
1921 [1913], Gorch Fock [pseudonym; Johann Kinau], Seefahrt ist not!, page 149:[…] da vergaß der Junge das fremde Gefühl und wurde lebhafter, er holte sich den Kieker aus dem Nachthaus und betrachtete Ewer für Ewer: er las die Nummern und ließ sich die Schiffer dazu sagen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Further reading
- “Kieker” in Duden online
- “Kieker” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Peter Hansen (2025) “Kieker”, in Digitales Wörterbuch Niederdeutsch (dwn)
- Gustav Goedel (1902) “Kieker”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Seemannssprache (in German), Kiel und Leipzig: Lipsius & Tischer, page 242