Kieker

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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)

  1. (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.
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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