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schicken.

to send, to dispatch (a person, letter, money etc. to a destination or a person)

8 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈʃɪkən/[ˈʃɪkŋ̩]
  1. to send, to dispatch (a person, letter, money etc. to a destination or a person)

    ditransitive · transitive · weak
    Sie hat mir einen Liebesbrief geschickt.
    Mein Chef will mich nach Frankfurt schicken, um an den Verhandlungen teilzunehmen.
  2. to hurry

    Southern-Germany · reflexive · uncommon · weak
  3. to be befitting, to be appropriate

    reflexive · weak
    Es schickt sich nicht, das zu sagen.
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German schicken (“to outfit oneself, fit in, arrange appropriately”), from Old High German *skihhen, from Proto-West Germanic *skikkijan (“to order, send”). This represents the causative of Middle High German geschehen, geschēn (“to happen, rush”). Akin to Middle English skekken (“to send out”), Old English sċēon (“to happen”), Dutch schie- in schielijk (“hasty”). Related to English chic.

verb/ˈʃɪkən/[ˈʃɪkŋ̩]
  1. to chew tobacco

    intransitive · regional · weak
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French chiquer.

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