sicken

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English sekenen, equivalent to sick +‎ -en. Cognate with Danish sygne (“to pine”), Swedish sjukna (“to fall ill; become sick”), Norwegian sykne, Icelandic sjúkna (“to sicken; become sick”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɪkən/ Rhymes: -ɪkən === Verb === sicken (third-person singular simple present sickens, present participle sickening, simple past and past participle sickened) (transitive) To make ill. (intransitive) To become ill. (transitive) To fill with disgust or abhorrence. (sports) To lower the standing of. (intransitive) To be filled with disgust or abhorrence. (intransitive) To become disgusting or tedious. (intransitive) To become weak; to decay; to languish. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === sincke == German == === Etymology === From Central Franconian secke (“to piss”), from Proto-West Germanic *saikijan, whence also archaic German seichen. The Central Franconian -ck- may be irregular or may be from a geminated variant Proto-Germanic *sikkōną (compare German sickern). The figurative sense “to be annoyed, to complain” is also found in cognate Dutch zeiken. Compare English pissed off. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈzɪkən/ === Verb === sicken (weak, third-person singular present sickt, past tense sickte, past participle gesickt, auxiliary haben) (regional, colloquial, western Germany) to piss (regional, colloquial, western Germany) to be annoyed; to be pissed off; to complain ==== Usage notes ==== The figurative sense is used chiefly in the colloquial progressive with am (as above). ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== sickig === Further reading === “sicken”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German) “sicken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “sicken” in Duden online “sicken” in OpenThesaurus.de == Swedish == === Etymology === Contracted from se (“to look, see”) and vicken, which was the older pronunciation of vilken (“what, which”). === Pronoun === sicken c sicket n sicka, sickna pl (colloquial) what a; expresses a (often strong) feeling such as surprise, disappointment; liking, disliking ==== Synonyms ==== vilken === References === “sicken”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “sicken”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “sicken”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === Nickes