zecken

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See also: zécken, Zecken, and Zécken

German

Etymology

From Middle High German zecken, Old High German zeckōn, of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Luxembourgish zecken, Italian azzeccare (to hit).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛkn̩/
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Verb

zecken (weak, third-person singular present zeckt, past tense zeckte, past participle gezeckt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (archaic) to touch, to hit slightly
  2. (archaic or regional) to tease
    Synonyms: ärgern, frotzeln, necken, reizen
    • 1678, Christian Weise, “Man sol mässig seyn”, in Der grünenden Jugend überflüssige Gedanken, published 1914:
      Zuviel, zuviel, zuviel, ihr müst euch etwas zecken, / Ihr müsset, auff den Schein, / Ein bißgen böse seyn
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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German zecken, from Old High German zeckōn. Cognate with dialectal German zecken, Dutch ticken.

Pronunciation

Verb

zecken (third-person singular present zeckt, past participle gezeckt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to tease
  2. to annoy, to irritate

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive zecken
participle gezeckt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular zecken
2nd singular zecks zeck
3rd singular zeckt
1st plural zecken
2nd plural zeckt zeckt
3rd plural zecken
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.