kiek

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Etymology

From Dutch kiek, used chiefly in the diminutive kiekje.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kik/
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Noun

kiek (plural kieke, diminutive kiekie)

  1. (rare) photo; photograph (usually taken by an amateur photographer)

Usage notes

Its diminutive kiekie is much more commonly used and has become a simplex with its own diminutive form.

Verb

kiek (present kiek, present participle kiekende, past participle gekiek)

  1. to photograph; to take a picture

Synonyms

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kik/
  • Hyphenation: kiek
  • Rhymes: -ik

Etymology 1

From the name of Dutch photographer Israël Kiek. Probably reinforced by analogy with kijk (“a look”) and kieken, a dialectal synonym for kijken (“to look”).

Noun

kiek m (plural kieken, diminutive kiekje n)

  1. (chiefly diminutive) A snapshot, photograph; orinally specifically used for a group scene and/or shot by an amateur photographer
Derived terms

Verb

kiek

  1. inflection of kieken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Etymology 2

See kieken (“chicken”)

Noun

kiek f (plural kiekens, diminutive kiekje n)

  1. A chick, young of a domestic fowl or other bird
  2. A domestic chicken or other fowl
  3. (figuratively) A dumb 'bird', (notably) female airhead
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Germanic, perhaps from the root of kodde (“club”). Cognate with West Frisian kijk.

Noun

kiek c (plural kieken, diminutive kiekje n)

  1. A vernacular name for several plants:
    1. Brassica nigra (black mustard)
    2. Sinapis arvensis
    3. Raphanus raphanistrum.
    4. Thlaspi arvense
    5. Alliaria petiolata (syn. Alliaria officinalis)
Synonyms
Derived terms

German

Pronunciation

Verb

kiek

  1. singular imperative of kieken
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of kieken
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