zecken

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German zecken, Old High German zechōn, from Proto-West Germanic *tikkōn (“to touch, tap”), perhaps originally of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Luxembourgish zecken, English tick, Italian azzeccare (“to hit”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛkn̩/ === Verb === zecken (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 Synonyms: ärgern, frotzeln, necken, reizen ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Zecken === Further reading === “zecken”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “zecken” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “zecken” in Duden online == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From Middle High German zecken, from Old High German zeckōn. Cognate with dialectal German zecken, Dutch ticken. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtsæken/, [ˈt͡sækən] === Verb === zecken (third-person singular present zeckt, past participle gezeckt, auxiliary verb hunn) to tease to annoy, to irritate ==== Conjugation ====