piek

From Dutch piek, from Middle Dutch pike.

• IPA^(key): /pik/

piek (plural pieke)

1. A highest point; a peak.
2. A summit, a peak, the highest point of a mountain.
3. A pike (polearm).

• IPA^(key): /pik/

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• Hyphenation: piek
• Rhymes: -ik

From Middle Dutch pike, ultimately from the root of pikken (“to stab, pierce”).

piek f (plural pieken, diminutive piekje n)

1. a highest point; a peak
2. a summit, a peak, the highest point of a mountain

   Synonyms: bergtop, top

3. a pike (polearm)
4. a spire tree-topper for a Christmas tree

piek m (plural pieken, diminutive piekje n)

1. (informal) a guilder (comparable to buck, quid)

• Afrikaans: piek
• → Papiamentu: piki, piekie, piek

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

piek

1. inflection of pieken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative