kieken

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.kə(n)/
• Hyphenation: kie‧ken
• Rhymes: -ikən

From Proto-Germanic *kiukīną, cognate with chicken. Doublet with kuiken.

kieken n (plural kiekens, diminutive kiekentje n)

1. chick, young domestic fowl

   Synonym: kuiken

2. (by extension) Any chicken

   Synonym: kip

3. (figuratively) A dumb bird, derogatory term for a (usually female) airhead

   Synonym: uilskuiken

• kiekendief

From the name of Dutch photographer Israël Kiek.

kieken

1. To photograph, take/shoot (a) picture(s)

   Synonym: fotograferen

See the etymology of the main entry.

kieken

1. Plural form of kiek (“snapshot”)

kieken

1. Plural form of kiek (“plant”)

From Middle Low German kîken.

• IPA^(key): /kiːkən/

kieken

1. (intransitive) to look

Borrowed from Middle Low German kîken. The verb is strong in Low German, but treated as weak in standard German. Cognate with Dutch kijken. Compare also German gucken, kucken, which need not be originally related, but has probably been influenced by kieken.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiːkən/, [ˈkiːkən], [ˈkiːkŋ̩]

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kieken (third-person singular simple present kiekt, past tense kiekte, past participle gekiekt, auxiliary haben)

1. (colloquial, regional, Northern Germany, particularly north-east) to look; to glance

   Wat kiekt der Typ denn so hier rüber?

   Why’s that guy looking over here like that?

• Although the verb itself is regionally and stylistically narrowly restricted, the phrase auf dem Kieker is in common use.
• Harking back to the original Low German word, the 2nd and 3rd person singular present often take a short vowel.

• auf dem Kieker