See also: nécken

German

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Etymology

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Intensive form of nagen (to gnaw), with semantic shift "to gnaw → to torment → to tease".

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛkən/, [ˈnɛkŋ]

Verb

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necken (weak, third-person singular present neckt, past tense neckte, past participle geneckt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to tease

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • necken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • necken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • necken” in Duden online
  • necken” in OpenThesaurus.de