fisk
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɪsk/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪsk
Etymology 1
Compare Swedish fjäska (“to bustle about”).
Verb
fisk (third-person singular simple present fisks, present participle fisking, simple past and past participle fisked)
- (obsolete) To run about; to frisk; to whisk.
- 1549 April 8 (Gregorian calendar), Hughe Latymer [i.e., Hugh Latimer]; Augustine Bernher, compiler, “[27 Sermons Preached by the Ryght Reuerende Father in God and Constant Matir of Iesus Christe, Maister Hugh Latimer, […].] The Fourth Sermon of Master Hugh Latimer whiche He Preached before Kyng Edwarde [VI], the .XXIX. Day of Marche.”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, […], London: […] John Day, […], published 1562, OCLC 12219849, folio 50, recto:
- [W]hen the light of Goddes word is once reueled, then he is buſy, then he rores then he fyſkes abrode, and ſtyrreth vp erronious opiniõs.
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Etymology 2
Back-formation from fisking.
Verb
fisk (third-person singular simple present fisks, present participle fisking, simple past and past participle fisked)
- To rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet.
- 2002 December, Institute of Public Affairs, “The World of Blog”, in Review:
- A proper fisking leaves the reader with a clear understanding that the text so fisked was appallingly wrong in every important respect!
- 2008 March 13, “Fisked By Obama”, in The Economist:
- Now, apparently, Barack Obama's campaign is fisking Hillary Clinton's campaign memos.
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Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfesk/, [ˈfe̝sɡ̊], [ˈfe̝sk]
Etymology 1
From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”). Cognate with English fish and German Fisch. The Germanic word is related to Latin piscis, from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ- (“fish”).
Noun
fisk c (singular definite fisken, plural indefinite fisk)
- fish
- Pisces (someone with a Pisces star sign)
- (card games) Go Fish (a card game for children)
Inflection
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | fisk | fisken | fisk | fiskene |
| genitive | fisks | fiskens | fisks | fiskenes |
Further reading
fisk on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da- Fisk (kortspil) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
- Fisk (flertydig) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Etymology 2
See fiske (“to fish”).
Verb
fisk
- imperative of fiske
Elfdalian
Etymology
From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-. Cognate with Swedish fisk.
Noun
fisk m
- fish
Declension
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | fisk | fisken | fisker | fiskär |
| accusative | fisk | fistjin | fiska | fiską |
| dative | fistje | fistjem | fiskum | fiskum(e) |
| genitive | fistjes | fistjemes | - | fiskumes |
Faroese
Noun
fisk
- accusative singular of fiskur
Icelandic
Noun
fisk
- indefinite accusative singular of fiskur
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ- (“fish”).
Noun
fisk m (definite singular fisken, indefinite plural fisker, definite plural fiskene)
- a fish
Derived terms
See also derived terms at fiske.
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Related terms
- fiske
- fisker
Verb
fisk
- imperative of fiske
References
- “fisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- fesk (dialectal)
Etymology
From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-. Akin to English fish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɪsk/
Noun
fisk m (definite singular fisken, indefinite plural fiskar, definite plural fiskane)
- a fish
Derived terms
See also derived terms at fiske.
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Related terms
- fiske
- fiskar
References
- “fisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old High German
Alternative forms
- fisc
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, whence also Old English fisċ, Old Norse fiskr, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (fisks), from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-. Cognates include Latin piscis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fis̄k/
Noun
fisk m
- fish
Declension
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fisk | fiska |
| accusative | fisk | fiska |
| genitive | fiskes | fisko |
| dative | fiske | fiskum |
| instrumental | fisku | — |
Descendants
- Middle High German: visch
- Bavarian: Fiisch
- Cimbrian: viss, biss, visch
- Mòcheno: visch
- Central Franconian:
- Hunsrik: Fisch
- Kölsch: Fesch
- German: Fisch
- Luxembourgish: Fësch
- Transylvanian Saxon: Fäsch
- Rhine Franconian:
- Palatine German: Fusch, Fisch
- Vilamovian: fejś
- Yiddish: פֿיש (fish)
- Bavarian: Fiisch
Old Norse
Noun
fisk
- accusative singular of fiskr
Old Saxon
Alternative forms
- fisc, visk, visc
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, whence also Old English fisċ, Old Dutch and Old High German fisk, Old Norse fiskr, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (fisks), from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-.
Noun
fisk m
- fish
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fisk | fiskos |
| accusative | fisk | fiskos |
| genitive | fiskes | fiskō |
| dative | fiske | fiskum |
| instrumental | — | — |
Descendants
- Middle Low German: visch, vis
- Dutch Low Saxon: visch
- German Low German: Fisk, Fiss, Fisch, Fösch
- Plautdietsch: Fesch
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish fisker, from Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ- (“fish”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɪsk/
- Rhymes: -ɪsk
audio (file)
Noun
fisk c
- (zoology) fish
- Pisces (star sign)
Declension
| Declension of fisk | ||||
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| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | fisk | fisken | fiskar | fiskarna |
| Genitive | fisks | fiskens | fiskars | fiskarnas |
Derived terms
- fiska
- fiskare
- fiskben
- fiskbutik
- fiske
- fiskfilé
- fiskhuvud
- fiskmånglare
- fiskrens
- fiskrätt
- ful fisk
- guldfisk
- valfisk
Adverb
fisk
- (games) low placed (of a hidden hidden object)
- – Det börjar brännas.
– Fågel, fisk eller mittemellan?- – It's getting hot.
– High, low or in-between? - (literally, “Bird, fish or in-between?”)
- – It's getting hot.
- Coordinate terms: fågel, mittemellan
See also
| Zodiac signs in Swedish (layout · text) | |||||||||||
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| Väduren ♈︎ | Oxen ♉︎ | Tvillingarna ♊︎ | Kräftan ♋︎ | ||||||||
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| Lejonet ♌︎ | Jungfrun ♍︎ | Vågen ♎︎ | Skorpionen ♏︎ | ||||||||
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| Skytten ♐︎ | Stenbocken ♑︎ | Vattumannen ♒︎ | Fiskarna ♓︎ | ||||||||
Anagrams
- fiks
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian fisk, from Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɪsk/
Noun
fisk c (plural fisken, diminutive fiskje)
- fish
Further reading
- “fisk”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɪsk/, /feɪsk/
- Rhymes: -ɪ́sk
Noun
fisk m
- A fish.
Declension
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | fisk | fiskjen | fisk | fiska |
| accusative | fisk | fiskjen | fisk | fiska |
| dative | fiskjom | fiskom | ||
| genitive | fisk- | fisk- | ||
Related terms
- fiskj
- fiskjälä
- fiskres
- fiskspänning
- fisktjuv
- fiskuv