Pik

See also: pik, pik-, and pïk

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːk/

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pique.

Alternative forms

• Pique

Noun

Pik n (strong, genitive Piks or (only with an article) Pik, plural Pik or Piks) or
Pik (Austria) f (genitive Pik, plural Pik)

1. (card games) spades (suit of cards; no plural)

   Synonym: Schippe

2. (card games) spades (game where spades are trump; plural Pik)
3. (card games) spade (playing card whose suit is spades; plural Pik)
4. spade (black figure in the form of a spade; plural Piks)

Declension

Declension of Pik [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Pik	die	Pik, Piks
genitive	eines	des	Piks, Pik1	der	Pik, Piks
dative	einem	dem	Pik	den	Pik, Piks
accusative	ein	das	Pik	die	Pik, Piks

¹Only with an article.

Declension of Pik [feminine (Austria)]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Pik	die	Pik
genitive	einer	der	Pik	der	Pik
dative	einer	der	Pik	den	Pik
accusative	eine	die	Pik	die	Pik

Descendants

• → Macedonian: пик (pik)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: пи̏к

  Latin script: pȉk

• → Slovene: pík

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Low German Pik. Found specifically in the expression einen Pik auf jemanden haben (“to bear a grudge against someone”), a calque of German Low German enen Pik up jemand hebben, in turn borrowed from French être en pique avec quelqu’un; compare English pique. This phrase is no longer in use in German; the adjective pikiert is better-known.

Alternative forms

• Pick (Southern Germany)

Noun

Pik m (strong, genitive Piks, plural Pike or Piks)

1. (dated) grudge

   Ich sehe, Sie haben einen Pik auf mich! ― I see, you have a grudge against me!

Declension

Declension of Pik [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pik	die	Pike, Piks
genitive	eines	des	Piks	der	Pike, Piks
dative	einem	dem	Pik	den	Piken, Piks
accusative	einen	den	Pik	die	Pike, Piks

Descendants

• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: пи̏к

  Latin script: pȉk

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French pic.

Noun

Pik m (strong, genitive Piks, plural Pike or Piks)

1. peak (found specifically in toponyms borrowed from other languages)

Declension

Declension of Pik [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pik	die	Pike, Piks
genitive	eines	des	Piks	der	Pike, Piks
dative	einem	dem	Pik	den	Piken, Piks
accusative	einen	den	Pik	die	Pike, Piks

Etymology 4

Back-formation from Piks.

Alternative forms

• Piek (considered a misspelling)

Noun

Pik m (strong, genitive Piks, plural Pike or Piks)

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of Piks

   Nur ein kleiner Pik und du bist vor mehreren Krankheiten geschützt! ― Only a small prick and you are protected from multiple diseases!

Declension

Declension of Pik [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pik	die	Pike, Piks
genitive	eines	des	Piks	der	Pike, Piks
dative	einem	dem	Pik	den	Piken, Piks
accusative	einen	den	Pik	die	Pike, Piks

Descendants

• → Russian: пик (pik) (Germany)
• → Serbo-Croatian: (interjection)

  Cyrillic script: пи̏к

  Latin script: pȉk

• → Slovene: pìk (interjection)

Further reading

• “Pik” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Pik” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Pik on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Pik” in Duden online
• “Pik” in Duden online
• “Pik” in Duden online

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpik/
• Rhymes: -ik
• Syllabification: Pik

Proper noun

Pik m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Pik

	singular	plural
nominative	Pik	Pikowie
genitive	Pika	Pików
dative	Pikowi	Pikom
accusative	Pika	Pików
instrumental	Pikiem	Pikami
locative	Piku	Pikach
vocative	Piku	Pikowie

Proper noun

Pik f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Further reading

• “Pik”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce, 2022