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kikken.

to croak, sound like a frog

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈkɪ.kə(n)/
  1. to croak, sound like a frog

    intransitive
  2. to make any sound

    intransitive
  3. to utter; to mention

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch kicken (“to make a soft sound, squeak”), of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with West Frisian kikke (“to utter a sound, speak, say”), German Low German kicken (“to make a noise, squeak”), dialectal English kick (“to stammer, stutter”). Compare also Saterland Frisian kwíekje (“to whimper, creak”), Middle Low German quīken, quēken ("to squeal"; > German Low German quieken), German quieken (“to squeal, squeak”).

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