zeiken

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch seiken, from Old Dutch *seiken, from Proto-West Germanic *saikijan, from Proto-Germanic *saikijaną. Cognate with archaic German seichen (“to piss”) and regional German sicken (“to piss”), sickig (“annoyed”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛi̯.kə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: zei‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯kən

Verb

zeiken

  1. (vulgar) to piss
    Hij stond tegen de muur te zeiken. — He was pissing against the wall.
  2. (informal) to rain
    Het gaat alweer zeiken. — It's going to rain again.
  3. (informal) to whine, to nag, to complain
    Synonyms: dreinen, jengelen, mekkeren, zaniken, zeuren
    Zit niet zo te zeiken! — Stop whining like that, will you!

Inflection
Inflection of zeiken (strong class 1)
infinitive zeiken
past singular zeek
past participle gezeken
infinitive zeiken
gerund zeiken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular zeikzeek
2nd person sing. (jij) zeiktzeek
2nd person sing. (u) zeiktzeek
2nd person sing. (gij) zeiktzeekt
3rd person singular zeiktzeek
plural zeikenzeken
subjunctive sing.1 zeikezeke
subjunctive plur.1 zeikenzeken
imperative sing. zeik
imperative plur.1 zeikt
participles zeikendgezeken
1) Archaic.
Inflection of zeiken (weak)
infinitive zeiken
past singular zeikte
past participle gezeikt
infinitive zeiken
gerund zeiken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular zeikzeikte
2nd person sing. (jij) zeiktzeikte
2nd person sing. (u) zeiktzeikte
2nd person sing. (gij) zeiktzeikte
3rd person singular zeiktzeikte
plural zeikenzeikten
subjunctive sing.1 zeikezeikte
subjunctive plur.1 zeikenzeikten
imperative sing. zeik
imperative plur.1 zeikt
participles zeikendgezeikt
1) Archaic.

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