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English
Etymology
From Middle English sekenen, equivalent to sick + -en. Cognate with Danish sygne (“to pine”), Swedish sjukna (“to fall ill; become sick”), Norwegian sykne, Icelandic sjúkna (“to sicken; become sick”).
Pronunciation
Verb
sicken (third-person singular simple present sickens, present participle sickening, simple past and past participle sickened)
- (transitive) To make ill.
- The infection will sicken him until amputation is needed.
- (intransitive) To become ill.
- I will sicken if I don’t get some more exercise.
1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. , 3rd edition, London: William Rawley; rinted by J H for William Lee , →OCLC:The judges that sat upon the jail, and numbers of those that attended, […] sickened upon it and died.
- (transitive) To fill with disgust or abhorrence.
- His arrogant behaviour sickens me.
- (sports) To lower the standing of.
2007, Euan Reedie, Alan Shearer: Portrait Of A Legend - Captain Fantastic, →ISBN:Whenever I get booed by opposition fans it only makes me more determined to sicken them.
2011, Scott Burns, Walter Smith the Ibrox Gaffer: A Tribute to a Rangers Legend, →ISBN:But instead of giving up, the Rangers team managed to grab a dramatic later winner from Kenny Miller to sicken St Mirren and lift the cup
2016 September 28, Tom English, “Celtic 3–3 Manchester City”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), BBC Sport:City took control, pinning a tiring Celtic back and threatening to sicken them with a winner.
- (intransitive) To be filled with disgust or abhorrence.
1607, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra:Mine eyes did sicken at the sight.
- (intransitive) To become disgusting or tedious.
1770, Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village:The toiling pleasure sickens into pain.
- (intransitive) To become weak; to decay; to languish.
1734, Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man:All pleasures sicken, and all glories sink.
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German
Etymology
From Central Franconian secke (“to piss”), from Proto-West Germanic *saikijan, whence also archaic German seichen.
The Central Franconian -ck- may be irregular or may be from a geminated variant Proto-Germanic *sikkōną (compare German sickern). The figurative sense “to be annoyed, to complain” is also found in cognate Dutch zeiken. Compare English pissed off.
Pronunciation
Verb
sicken (weak, third-person singular present sickt, past tense sickte, past participle gesickt, auxiliary haben)
- (regional, colloquial, western Germany) to piss
Ich geh ma’ eben sicken.- I’m gonna take a piss.
- (regional, colloquial, western Germany) to be annoyed; to be pissed off; to complain
Lass ihn! Der is’ den ganzen Tag schon am Sicken.- Leave him! He’s been pissed off all day.
Usage notes
- The figurative sense is used chiefly in the colloquial progressive with am (as above).
Conjugation
Conjugation of
sicken (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
sicken (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
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Further reading
- “sicken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “sicken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “sicken” in Duden online
- “sicken” in OpenThesaurus.de
Swedish
Etymology
Contracted from se (“to look, see”) and vicken, which was the older pronunciation of vilken (“what, which”).
Pronoun
sicken c sicket n sicka, sickna pl
- (colloquial) what a; expresses a (often strong) feeling such as surprise, disappointment; liking, disliking
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