kieken

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈki.kə(n)/ Hyphenation: kie‧ken Rhymes: -ikən === Etymology 1 === From Proto-West Germanic *kiukīn. Doublet with kuiken. ==== Noun ==== kieken n (plural kiekens, diminutive kiekentje n) chick, young domestic fowl Synonym: kuiken (Belgium) a chicken Synonym: kip (figuratively) a dumb bird, derogatory term for a (usually female) airhead Synonym: uilskuiken ===== Derived terms ===== kiekendief === Etymology 2 === From kiek (“snapshot, photograph”) +‎ -en. ==== Verb ==== kieken to photograph, take/shoot (a) picture(s) Synonym: fotograferen ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Low German kieken. ==== Verb ==== kieken (colloquial) alternative form of kijken ===== Usage notes ===== Used in standard Dutch contexts on occasion, colloquially and/or somewhat jocularly, imitating Low German or Low German-influenced dialects from the eastern Netherlands. === Etymology 4 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== kieken plural of kiek (“snapshot”) ==== Noun ==== kieken plural of kiek (“plant”) == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle Low German kîken, from Old Saxon kīkan, from Proto-West Germanic *kīkan. The verb is strong in Low German, but treated as weak in standard German. Cognate with Dutch kijken. Compare also German gucken, kucken, which need not be originally related, but has probably been influenced by kieken. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkiːkən/, [ˈkiːkən], [ˈkiːkŋ̩] === Verb === kieken (weak, third-person singular present kiekt, past tense kiekte, past participle gekiekt, auxiliary haben) (colloquial, regional, Northern Germany, particularly north-east) to look; to glance Kiek mal einer an! ― Well look at that! ==== Usage notes ==== Although the verb itself is regionally and stylistically narrowly restricted, the phrase auf dem Kieker is in common use. Harking back to the original Low German word, the 2nd and 3rd person singular present often take a short vowel. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== auf dem Kieker === Further reading === “kieken” in Duden online “kieken”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) Peter Hansen (2026), “kieken”, in Digitales Wörterbuch Niederdeutsch (dwn) (in German) == Low German == === Etymology === From Middle Low German kîken, from Old Saxon kīkan, from Proto-West Germanic *kīkan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kiːkən/ === Verb === kieken (intransitive) to look ==== Inflection ====