kikken

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch kicken (“to make a soft sound, squeak”), of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with West Frisian kikke (“to utter a sound, speak, say”), German Low German kicken (“to make a noise, squeak”), dialectal English kick (“to stammer, stutter”). Compare also Saterland Frisian kwíekje (“to whimper, creak”), Middle Low German quīken, quēken ("to squeal"; > German Low German quieken), German quieken (“to squeal, squeak”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪ.kə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: kik‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɪkən

Verb

kikken

  1. (intransitive) to croak, sound like a frog
  2. (intransitive) to make any sound
  3. (transitive) to utter; to mention

Conjugation

Conjugation of kikken (weak)
infinitive kikken
past singular kikte
past participle gekikt
infinitive kikken
gerund kikken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular kik kikte
2nd person sing. (jij) kikt, kik2 kikte
2nd person sing. (u) kikt kikte
2nd person sing. (gij) kikt kikte
3rd person singular kikt kikte
plural kikken kikten
subjunctive sing.1 kikke kikte
subjunctive plur.1 kikken kikten
imperative sing. kik
imperative plur.1 kikt
participles kikkend gekikt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

kikken m

  1. definite singular of kikk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kikken m

  1. definite singular of kikk
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