kieken

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈki.kə(n)/
  • Rhymes: -ikən

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *kiukīną, cognate with chicken. Doublet with kuiken.

Noun

kieken n (plural kiekens, diminutive kiekentje n)

  1. A chick, young domestic fowl
  2. (by extension) Any chicken
  3. (figuratively) A dumb bird, derogatory term for a (usually female) airhead
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

From the name of Dutch photographer Israël Kiek.

Verb

kieken

  1. To photograph, take/shoot (a) picture(s)
Inflection
Inflection of kieken (weak)
infinitive kieken
past singular kiekte
past participle gekiekt
infinitive kieken
gerund kieken n
verbal noun
present tense past tense
1st person singular kiekkiekte
2nd person sing. (jij) kiektkiekte
2nd person sing. (u) kiektkiekte
2nd person sing. (gij) kiektkiekte
3rd person singular kiektkiekte
plural kiekenkiekten
subjunctive sing.1 kiekekiekte
subjunctive plur.1 kiekenkiekten
imperative sing. kiek
imperative plur.1 kiekt
participles kiekendgekiekt
1) Archaic.
Synonyms

Noun

kieken

  1. Plural form of kiek (snapshot)

Etymology 3

Germanic

Noun

kieken

  1. Plural form of kiek (plant)

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German kîken. The verb is strong in Low German, but treated as weak in standard German. Cognate with Dutch kijken. Compare also German gucken, kucken, which need not be originally related, but has probably been influenced by kieken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkiːkən/, [ˈkiːkən], [ˈkiːkŋ̩]

Verb

kieken (third-person singular simple present kiekt, past tense kiekte, past participle gekiekt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial, regional, Northern Germany, particularly north-east) to look; to glance
    Wat kiekt der Typ denn so hier rüber?
    Why’s that guy looking over here like that?

Usage notes

  • Although the verb itself is regionally and stylistically narrowly restricted, the phrase auf dem Kieker is in common use.
  • Harking back to the original Low German word, the 2nd and 3rd person singular present often take a short vowel.

Conjugation

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