zecken
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German zecken, Old High German zeckōn, of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Luxembourgish zecken, Italian azzeccare (“to hit”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editzecken (weak, third-person singular present zeckt, past tense zeckte, past participle gezeckt, auxiliary haben)
- (archaic) to touch, to hit slightly
- (archaic or regional) to tease
- 1678, Christian Weise, “Man sol mässig seyn”, in Der grünenden Jugend überflüssige Gedanken[1], published 1914:
- Zuviel, zuviel, zuviel, ihr müst euch etwas zecken, / Ihr müsset, auff den Schein, / Ein bißgen böse seyn
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
editinfinitive | zecken | ||||
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present participle | zeckend | ||||
past participle | gezeckt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich zecke | wir zecken | i | ich zecke | wir zecken |
du zeckst | ihr zeckt | du zeckest | ihr zecket | ||
er zeckt | sie zecken | er zecke | sie zecken | ||
preterite | ich zeckte | wir zeckten | ii | ich zeckte1 | wir zeckten1 |
du zecktest | ihr zecktet | du zecktest1 | ihr zecktet1 | ||
er zeckte | sie zeckten | er zeckte1 | sie zeckten1 | ||
imperative | zeck (du) zecke (du) |
zeckt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “zecken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “zecken” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “zecken” in Duden online
Luxembourgish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German zecken, from Old High German zeckōn. Cognate with dialectal German zecken, Dutch ticken.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editzecken (third-person singular present zeckt, past participle gezeckt, auxiliary verb hunn)
Conjugation
editRegular | ||
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infinitive | zecken | |
participle | gezeckt | |
auxiliary | hunn | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | zecken | — |
2nd singular | zecks | zeck |
3rd singular | zeckt | — |
1st plural | zecken | — |
2nd plural | zeckt | zeckt |
3rd plural | zecken | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. |
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