kiek

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kiek

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kik/

Noun

kiek (plural kieke, diminutive kiekie)

  1. (rare) photo; photograph (usually taken by an amateur photographer)

Usage notes

Its diminutive kiekie is much more commonly used and has become a simplex with its own diminutive form.

Verb

kiek (present kiek, present participle kiekende, past participle gekiek)

  1. to photograph; to take a picture

Synonyms


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kik/

Etymology 1

From the name of Dutch photographer Israël Kiek. Probably reinforced by analogy with kijk (a look) and kieken, a dialectal synonym for kijken (to look).

Noun

kiek m (plural kieken, diminutive kiekje n)

  1. A snapshot, photograph; orinally specifically used for a group scene and/or shot by an amateur photographer
Derived terms

Verb

kiek

  1. first-person singular present indicative of kieken
  2. imperative of kieken

Etymology 2

Germanic, cognate with kuiken, English chick(en) etc.

Noun

kiek f (plural kiekens, diminutive kiekje n)

  1. A chick, young of a domestic fowl or other bird
  2. A domestic chicken or other fowl
  3. (figuratively) A dumb 'bird', (notably) female airhead
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Germanic, cognate with Frisian kijk

Noun

kiek c (plural kieken, diminutive kiekje n)

  1. The vernacular name for several plants:
    1. Brassica nigra
    2. Sinapis arvensis
    3. Raphanus raphanistrum.
    4. Thlaspi arvense
    5. Alliaria petiolata (syn. Alliaria officinalis)
Synonyms
  • zwarte mosterd (Brassica nigra)
  • gele kiek (several)
  • witte kiek (several)
  • look-zonder-look (Alliaria officinalis)
  • kiedik (Sinapis arvensis)
Derived terms
  • kiekzaad n
  • kopkiek (Erysimum cheiranthoides)
  • gele kiek
  • witte kiek

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiːk/

Verb

kiek

  1. Imperative singular of kieken.
  2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of kieken.
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