bikken
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bicken, a variant of picken (modern pikken).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɪkə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bik‧ken
- Rhymes: -ɪkən
Verb
bikken
- (transitive) to chip, to chip off
- (transitive, colloquial) to eat
Inflection
| Inflection of bikken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bikken | |||
| past singular | bikte | |||
| past participle | gebikt | |||
| infinitive | bikken | |||
| gerund | bikken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | bik | bikte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | bikt | bikte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | bikt | bikte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | bikt | bikte | ||
| 3rd person singular | bikt | bikte | ||
| plural | bikken | bikten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bikke | bikte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | bikken | bikten | ||
| imperative sing. | bik | |||
| imperative plur.1 | bikt | |||
| participles | bikkend | gebikt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms
- eten
- kanen
Middle English
Verb
bikken
- Alternative form of bekenen