Pike

See also: pike and pikë

English

Proper noun

Pike

  1. A surname​ of multiple origins, including Middle English pike.

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Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Middle High German pieke, from Middle Dutch pike, from Proto-Germanic *pīkaz, *pīkō. Already in Dutch the word was influenced by French pic (“tip”). Another influence is German Picke (“pick, pickaxe”), from picken. The precise relation between all of these words is uncertain.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpiːkə/

Noun

Pike f (genitive Pike, plural Piken)

  1. (weaponry) pike
  2. (especially soccer) the tip of the foot or shoe
    Synonyms: Picke, Spitze

Declension
Declension of Pike
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Pike die Piken
genitive einer der Pike der Piken
dative einer der Pike den Piken
accusative eine die Pike die Piken

Derived terms

Further reading

References
  • "Pike" in: Wolfgang Pfeifer (ed.), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (2nd ed. 1993).

Further reading
  • Pike in Duden online
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