kiek

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch kiek, used chiefly in the diminutive kiekje.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kik/
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Noun

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kiek (plural kieke, diminutive kiekie)

  1. (rare) photo; photograph (usually taken by an amateur photographer)

Usage notes

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Its diminutive kiekie is much more commonly used and has become a simplex with its own diminutive form.

Verb

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kiek (present kiek, present participle kiekende, past participle gekiek)

  1. to photograph; to take a picture

Synonyms

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kik/
  • Hyphenation: kiek
  • Rhymes: -ik

Etymology 1

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From the name of Dutch photographer Israël Kiek. Probably reinforced by analogy with kijk (a look) and kieken, a dialectal synonym for kijken (to look).

Noun

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kiek m (plural kieken, diminutive kiekje n)

  1. (chiefly diminutive) a snapshot, photograph; orinally specifically used for a group scene and/or shot by an amateur photographer
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Verb

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kiek

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

Etymology 2

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See kieken (chicken)

Noun

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kiek f (plural kiekens, diminutive kiekje n)

  1. a chick, young of a domestic fowl or other bird
  2. a domestic chicken or other fowl
  3. (figuratively) a dumb 'bird', (notably) female airhead
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Etymology 3

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From Germanic, perhaps from the root of kodde (club). Cognate with West Frisian kijk.

Noun

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kiek c (plural kieken, diminutive kiekje n)

  1. a vernacular name for plants of several species:
    1. Brassica nigra (black mustard)
    2. Rhamphospermum arvense (syns. Sinapis arvensis, etc.; charlock)
    3. Raphanus raphanistrum (wild radish)
    4. Thlaspi arvense (field pennycress)
    5. Alliaria petiolata (syn. Alliaria officinalis; garlic mustard)
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Etymology 4

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Clipping of kiekendief.

Noun

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kiek m (plural kieken, diminutive kiekje n)

  1. (birdwatching slang) Clipping of kiekendief.
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Etymology 4

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Possibly from English kick.

Noun

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kiek m (plural kieks, diminutive kiekje n)

  1. (Suriname, colloquial, idiomatic) something that is amusing, fun, or giving a nice sensation
    Gaan we een kiek zetten?Do you want to have fun?
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German

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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kiek

  1. singular imperative of kieken
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of kieken

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From an apocope of kíeka, the nominative and accusative singular neutral form of kíekas (how big), which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís (who, what), though the exact morphology is unclear.[1]

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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ki̇́ek

  1. how much, how many

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References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “kíek”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 284