stikken

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch sticken, from Old Dutch *sticcon, from Proto-West Germanic *stikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *stikkōną.

Verb

stikken

  1. (intransitive) to choke, suffocate
  2. (transitive, archaic) to suffocate, to cause problems with breathing
  3. (impersonal) to teem (to have an abundance of)
    • 1973, Vader Abraham, zijn Goede Zonen, “Uche uche”, in Vader Abraham & zijn Goede Zonen:
      Uche uche uche uche uche, / het stikt hier van de muggen.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Inflection
Inflection of stikken (weak)
infinitive stikken
past singular stikte
past participle gestikt
infinitive stikken
gerund stikken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular stik stikte
2nd person sing. (jij) stikt stikte
2nd person sing. (u) stikt stikte
2nd person sing. (gij) stikt stikte
3rd person singular stikt stikte
plural stikken stikten
subjunctive sing.1 stikke stikte
subjunctive plur.1 stikken stikten
imperative sing. stik
imperative plur.1 stikt
participles stikkend gestikt
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Caribbean Javanese: setig
  • → Papiamentu: stek, stik

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch sticken, from Old Dutch *sticken, from Proto-West Germanic *stikkjan, from Proto-Germanic *stikjaną.

Verb

stikken

  2. to stitch
Inflection
Inflection of stikken (weak)
infinitive stikken
past singular stikte
past participle gestikt
infinitive stikken
gerund stikken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular stik stikte
2nd person sing. (jij) stikt stikte
2nd person sing. (u) stikt stikte
2nd person sing. (gij) stikt stikte
3rd person singular stikt stikte
plural stikken stikten
subjunctive sing.1 stikke stikte
subjunctive plur.1 stikken stikten
imperative sing. stik
imperative plur.1 stikt
participles stikkend gestikt
1) Archaic.
Descendants
  • → Papiamentu: stek

West Frisian

Adjective

stikken

  1. shattered

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

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