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English
Etymology
Proper noun
Pick (plural Picks)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Pick is the 9451st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3442 individuals. Pick is most common among White (89.4%) individuals.
Further reading
Bavarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pik (“pitch, tar, wood resin”), from Latin pix (“pitch, tar”). Doublet of Pech.
Noun
Pick m (plural Pick, diminutive Pickerl)
- glue
Etymology 2
Probably from French pique (“grudge, spite”), from French piquer (“to prick, to sting; to be offended”).
Noun
Pick m (plural Pick)
- grudge, resentment
German
Etymology 1
Noun
Pick m (strong, genitive Pickes or Picks, plural Picke) (but hardly likely in the plural)
- alternative form of Pik (“shrewdness, scoff, wont to be mean”)
Declension
Etymology 2
Denominal of picken in the sense “to adhere”.
Noun
Pick m (strong, genitive Pickes or Picks, plural Picks)
- (Austria, colloquial) glue
2018, Wolf Haas, Junger Mann, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:Aber dann haute ich den Gummifleck doch viel zu früh drauf, also noch bevor der Pick ganz hart war.- But then I slung the rubber stain on too early, that is before the glue was hard.
Declension
Etymology 3
Borrowed from English pick.
Noun
Pick m (strong, genitive Picks, plural Picks)
- (sports) a player picked for an event, pick
Declension