zwicken

German

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Old High German *zwicchēn. Cognate with Middle English twicchen, English twitch, Low German twikken.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡svɪkən/
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  • Hyphenation: zwi‧cken

Verb

zwicken (weak, third-person singular present zwickt, past tense zwickte, past participle gezwickt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to pinch

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants
  • Polish: ćwiczyć

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883), “zwicken”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading
  • “zwicken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “zwicken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “zwicken” in Duden online
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