From Middle Dutch <span class="searchmatch">spikeren</span>. Equivalent to spijker + -en. IPA(key): /ˈspɛi̯kɛrə(n)/ Hyphenation: spij‧ke‧ren spijkeren (transitive) to nail afspijkeren...
Proto-Germanic *spīkraz, *spīkrijaz (“spike, nail”). spiker m (definite singular <span class="searchmatch">spikeren</span>, indefinite plural spiker or spikere or spikre or spikrer, definite plural...