zwicken

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German zwicken (to fasten with nails, squeeze in, pinch, tug), Old High German *zwicchēn. Cognate with Middle English twicchen, English twitch, Low German twikken.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡svɪkən/
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  • Hyphenation: zwi‧cken

Verb

zwicken (weak, third-person singular present zwickt, past tense zwickte, past participle gezwickt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to pinch

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Polish: ćwiczyć

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “zwicken”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

  • zwicken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • zwicken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • zwicken” in Duden online