zeiken

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch seiken, from Old Dutch *seiken, from Proto-West Germanic *saikijan, from Proto-Germanic *saikijaną. Cognate with archaic German seichen (to piss) and regional German sicken (to piss), sickig (annoyed).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛi̯.kə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: zei‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯kən

Verb

zeiken

  1. (vulgar) to piss
    Hij stond tegen de muur te zeiken. — He was pissing against the wall.
  2. (informal) to rain
    Het gaat alweer zeiken. — It's going to rain again.
  3. (informal) to whine, to nag, to complain
    Synonyms: dreinen, jengelen, mekkeren, zaniken, zeuren
    Zit niet zo te zeiken! — Stop whining like that, will you!

Inflection

Inflection of zeiken (strong class 1)
infinitive zeiken
past singular zeek
past participle gezeken
infinitive zeiken
gerund zeiken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular zeik zeek
2nd person sing. (jij) zeikt zeek
2nd person sing. (u) zeikt zeek
2nd person sing. (gij) zeikt zeekt
3rd person singular zeikt zeek
plural zeiken zeken
subjunctive sing.1 zeike zeke
subjunctive plur.1 zeiken zeken
imperative sing. zeik
imperative plur.1 zeikt
participles zeikend gezeken
1) Archaic.
Inflection of zeiken (weak)
infinitive zeiken
past singular zeikte
past participle gezeikt
infinitive zeiken
gerund zeiken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular zeik zeikte
2nd person sing. (jij) zeikt zeikte
2nd person sing. (u) zeikt zeikte
2nd person sing. (gij) zeikt zeikte
3rd person singular zeikt zeikte
plural zeiken zeikten
subjunctive sing.1 zeike zeikte
subjunctive plur.1 zeiken zeikten
imperative sing. zeik
imperative plur.1 zeikt
participles zeikend gezeikt
1) Archaic.

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