piek
See also: Pięk
Dutch
![](Images/wiktionary/Aluminum_Christmas_tree2.jpg.webp)
piek on top of an aluminium Christmas tree
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pik/
- Rhymes: -ik
piek (file) - Hyphenation: piek
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch pike. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
piek f (plural pieken, diminutive piekje n)
- a highest point; a peak
- a pike (polearm)
- (informal) guilder (comparable to buck, quid).
- a spire tree-topper for a Christmas tree
Derived terms
- (peak): piekbui, piekervaring, piekuur
- (pike): piekenier
- (guilder): piekenpijp
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
piek
- first-person singular present indicative of pieken
- imperative of pieken