schicken.
to send, to dispatch (a person, letter, money etc. to a destination or a person)
Meaning & usage
to send, to dispatch (a person, letter, money etc. to a destination or a person)
Sie hat mir einen Liebesbrief geschickt.
Mein Chef will mich nach Frankfurt schicken, um an den Verhandlungen teilzunehmen.
to hurry
to be befitting, to be appropriate
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.
to chew tobacco
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French chiquer.
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