stikken

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɪ.kə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: stik‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɪkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch sticken, from Old Dutch *sticcon, from Proto-West Germanic *stikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *stikkōną.

Verb

stikken

  1. (intransitive) to choke, suffocate
  2. (transitive, archaic) to suffocate, to cause problems with breathing
  3. (impersonal) to teem (to have an abundance of) [with van ‘with’]
    • 1973, Vader Abraham, zijn Goede Zonen, “Uche uche”, in Vader Abraham & zijn Goede Zonen:
      Uche uche uche uche uche, / het stikt hier van de muggen.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: stik
  • Caribbean Javanese: setig
  • Papiamentu: stek, stik

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch sticken, from Old Dutch *sticken, from Proto-West Germanic *stikkjan, from Proto-Germanic *stikjaną.

Verb

stikken

  1. to stitch
Conjugation
Descendants

West Frisian

Adjective

stikken

  1. shattered

Inflection

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Further reading

  • stikken”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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