stikke
Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German stecken, from Old Saxon stekan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsd̥eɡ̊ə]
Verb
stikke (imperative stik, present stikker, past stak, present participle stikkende, past participle n stukket, c stukken, pl stukne)
- stick
- put
- thrust
- shove
- slip
- hand, bung
- prick
- prod, poke
- stab
- sting, bite
- engrave
- stitch, quilt
- beat (do better than)
- run, bolt, pop, nip
- inform against, squeal, rat on
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Verb
stikke
- (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of stikken
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old English sticca, from Proto-West Germanic *stikkō, from Proto-Germanic *stikkô, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstik(ə)/
Noun
stikke (plural stikkes or stikken)
- twig, branch (from a tree)
- kindling, twigs used as a firestarter
- rod, pole, mast
- pale, stake, supporting beam
- stick, stylus, small wooden implement
- tally stick
- A number of eels, usually approaching around 25.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “stikke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 April 2018.
- “stik(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 April 2018.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse stakk, simple past of stinga, influenced by Middle Low German stecken and sticken.
Verb
stikke (imperative stikk, present tense stikker, passive stikkes, simple past stakk, past participle stukket, present participle stikkende)
- to stick, prick, stab, pierce, cut, thrust, put, jut (out), bite, sting
- stikke av: to run away, run off
References
- “stikke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “stikke_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
stikke (present tense stikk, past tense stakk, supine stukke, past participle stukken, present participle stikkande, imperative stikk)
- alternative form of stikka