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English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɪsk/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪsk

Etymology 1

Compare Swedish fjäska (“to bustle about”).

Verb

fisk (third-person singular simple present fisks, present participle fisking, simple past and past participle fisked)

  1. (obsolete) To run about; to fist; to whisk.
    • 1549 April 8 (Gregorian calendar), Hughe Latymer [i.e., Hugh Latimer], Augustine Bernher, compiler, “.] The Fourth Sermon of Master Hugh Latimer whiche He Preached before Kyng Edwarde , the .XXIX. Day of Marche.”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, , London: John Day, , published 1562, →OCLC, folio 50, recto:
      [W]hen the light of Goddes word is once reueled, then he is buſy, then he rores then he fyſkes abrode, and ſtyrreth vp erronious opiniõs.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from fisking.

Verb

fisk (third-person singular simple present fisks, present participle fisking, simple past and past participle fisked)

  1. To rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet.
    • 2002 December, Institute of Public Affairs, “The World of Blog”, in Review‎, archived from the original on 26 September 2009:
      A proper fisking leaves the reader with a clear understanding that the text so fisked was appallingly wrong in every important respect!
    • 2008 March 13, “Fisked By Obama”, in The Economist:
      Now, apparently, Barack Obama's campaign is fisking Hillary Clinton's campaign memos.

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”). Cognate with English fish and German Fisch. The Germanic word is related to Latin piscis, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- (“fish”).

Noun

fisk c (singular definite fisken, plural indefinite fisk)

  1. fish
  2. Pisces (someone with a Pisces star sign)
  3. (card games) Go Fish (a card game for children)
Inflection
Declension of fisk
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fisk fisken fisk fiskene
genitive fisks fiskens fisks fiskenes
Further reading

Etymology 2

See fiske (“to fish”).

Verb

fisk

  1. imperative of fiske

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-. Cognate with Swedish fisk.

Noun

fisk m

  1. fish

Declension

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Declension of fisk
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fisk fisken fisker fiskär
accusative fisk fistjin fiska fiską
dative fistje fistjem fiskum fiskum(e)
genitive fistjes fistjemes - fiskumes

Faroese

Noun

fisk

  1. accusative singular of fiskur

Icelandic

Noun

fisk

  1. indefinite accusative singular of fiskur

Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- (“fish”).

Noun

fisk m (definite singular fisken, indefinite plural fisker, definite plural fiskene)

  1. a fish
Derived terms

See also derived terms at fiske.

Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

fisk

  1. imperative of fiske

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-. Akin to English fish.

Pronunciation

Noun

fisk m (definite singular fisken, indefinite plural fiskar, definite plural fiskane)

  1. a fish

Derived terms

See also derived terms at fiske.

Related terms

References

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, whence also Old English fisċ, Old Norse fiskr, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (fisks), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-. Cognates include Latin piscis.

Pronunciation

Noun

fisk m

  1. fish

Declension

Declension of fisk (masculine a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative fisk fiska
accusative fisk fiska
genitive fiskes fisko
dative fiske fiskum
instrumental fisku —

Descendants

  • Middle High German: visch

Old Norse

Noun

fisk

  1. accusative singular of fiskr

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, whence also Old English fisċ, Old Dutch and Old High German fisk, Old Norse fiskr, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (fisks), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

Noun

fisk m

  1. fish

Declension

Declension of fisk (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative fisk fiskos
accusative fisk fiskos
genitive fiskes fiskō
dative fiske fiskum
instrumental — —


Descendants

Russenorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Norwegian Nynorsk fisk. Probably of southern origin, because the northern dialectal form is fesk.

Noun

fisk

  1. fish

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish fisker, from Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- (“fish”).

Pronunciation

Noun

fisk c

  1. (zoology) fish
    • 1995, “Fiskarna i haven [The fish in the seas]”, in Staffan Hellstrand (music), Idde Schultz, performed by Idde Schultz:
      Fiskarna i haven, och fåglarna på taken.
      The fish in the seas, and the birds on the roofs.
  2. Pisces (star sign)

Declension

Declension of fisk 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fisk fisken fiskar fiskarna
Genitive fisks fiskens fiskars fiskarnas

Derived terms

Adverb

fisk

  1. (games) low placed (of a hidden hidden object)
    Coordinate terms: fågel, mittemellan
    – Det börjar brännas.
    – Fågel, fisk eller mittemellan?
    – It's getting hot.
    – High, low or in-between?
    (literally, “Bird, fish or in-between?”)

See also

Zodiac signs in Swedish (layout · text)
Väduren Oxen Tvillingarna Kräftan
Lejonet Jungfrun Vågen Skorpionen
Skytten Stenbocken Vattumannen Fiskarna

References

Anagrams

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian fisk, from Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

Pronunciation

Noun

fisk c (plural fisken, diminutive fiskje)

  1. fish

Further reading

  • “fisk”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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