Piks
See also: piks
German
Etymology 1
From piksen (“to prick, to sting, to pinch”), also piken.
Alternative forms
- Pik (less literary)
- Pieks (considered a misspelling however frequent)
Noun
Piks m (genitive Pikses, plural Pikse)
- (colloquial) pinch, sting, prick
- Ein Piks für eine Blutspende kann viele Leben retten. ― A prick for a blood donation can save many lives.
Declension
Declension of Piks
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Piks | die | Pikse |
| genitive | eines | des | Pikses | der | Pikse |
| dative | einem | dem | Piks, Pikse1 | den | Piksen |
| accusative | einen | den | Piks | die | Pikse |
1Now uncommon, see notes
Noun
Piks
- plural of Pik (“spades in card games”)
- genitive singular of Pik