Pik

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See also: pik, pik-, and pïk

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piːk/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pique.

Alternative forms

Noun

Pik n (strong, genitive Piks or (only with an article) Pik, plural Pik or Piks) or
Pik (Austria) f (genitive Pik, plural Pik)

  1. (card games) spades (suit of cards; no plural)
    Synonym: Schippe
  2. (card games) spades (game where spades are trump; plural Pik)
  3. (card games) spade (playing card whose suit is spades; plural Pik)
  4. spade (black figure in the form of a spade; plural Piks)
Declension
Coordinate terms
Suits in German · Farbe (layout · text)
Herz Karo Pik, Schippe Kreuz, Treff
Descendants
  • Macedonian: пик (pik)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: пи̏к
    Latin script: pȉk
  • Slovene: pík

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Low German Pik. Found specifically in the expression einen Pik auf jemanden haben (to bear a grudge against someone), a calque of German Low German enen Pik up jemand hebben, in turn borrowed from French être en pique avec quelqu’un; compare English pique. This phrase is no longer in use in German; the adjective pikiert is better-known.

Alternative forms

Noun

Pik m (strong, genitive Piks, plural Pike or Piks)

  1. (dated) grudge
    Ich sehe, Sie haben einen Pik auf mich!I see, you have a grudge against me!
Declension
Descendants
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: пи̏к
    Latin script: pȉk

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French pic.

Noun

Pik m (strong, genitive Piks, plural Pike or Piks)

  1. peak (found specifically in toponyms borrowed from other languages)
Declension

Etymology 4

Back-formation from Piks.

Alternative forms

  • Piek (considered a misspelling)

Noun

Pik m (strong, genitive Piks, plural Pike or Piks)

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of Piks
    Nur ein kleiner Pik und du bist vor mehreren Krankheiten geschützt!Only a small prick and you are protected from multiple diseases!
Declension
Descendants
  • Russian: пик (pik) (Germany)
  • Serbo-Croatian: (interjection)
    Cyrillic script: пи̏к
    Latin script: pȉk
  • Slovene: pìk (interjection)

Further reading

  • Pik” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Pik” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Pik on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
  • Pik” in Duden online
  • Pik” in Duden online
  • Pik” in Duden online

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpik/
  • Rhymes: -ik
  • Syllabification: Pik

Proper noun

Pik m pers

  1. a male surname

Declension

Proper noun

Pik f (indeclinable)

  1. a female surname

Further reading

  • Pik”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022