piek
See also: Pięk
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch piek, from Middle Dutch pike.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
piek (plural pieke)
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch pike, ultimately from the root of pikken (“to stab, pierce”).
Noun edit
piek f (plural pieken, diminutive piekje n)
- A highest point; a peak.
- A summit, a peak, the highest point of a mountain.
- A pike (polearm).
- (informal) A guilder (comparable to buck, quid).
- A spire tree-topper for a Christmas tree.
Derived terms edit
- (peak): piekbui, piekervaring, piekuur
- (pike): piekenier
- (guilder): piekenpijp
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
piek
- inflection of pieken: