fisk

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English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /fɪsk/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪsk

Etymology 1[edit]

Compare Swedish fjäska (to bustle about).

Verb[edit]

fisk (third-person singular simple present fisks, present participle fisking, simple past and past participle fisked)

  1. (obsolete) To run about; to fist; to whisk.
    • 1549 April 8 (Gregorian calendar), Hughe Latymer [i.e., Hugh Latimer], Augustine Bernher, compiler, “[27 Sermons Preached by the Ryght Reuerende Father in God and Constant Matir of Iesus Christe, Maister Hugh Latimer, [].] The Fourth Sermon of Master Hugh Latimer whiche He Preached before Kyng Edwarde [VI], the .XXIX. Day of Marche.”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, [], London: [] John Day, [], published 1562, →OCLC, folio 50, recto:
      [W]hen the light of Goddes word is once reueled, then he is buſy, then he rores then he fyſkes abrode, and ſtyrreth vp erronious opiniõs.

Etymology 2[edit]

Back-formation from fisking.

Verb[edit]

fisk (third-person singular simple present fisks, present participle fisking, simple past and past participle fisked)

  1. To rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet.
    • 2002 December, Institute of Public Affairs, “The World of Blog”, in Review[1], archived from the original on 26 September 2009:
      A proper fisking leaves the reader with a clear understanding that the text so fisked was appallingly wrong in every important respect!
    • 2008 March 13, “Fisked By Obama”, in The Economist:
      Now, apparently, Barack Obama's campaign is fisking Hillary Clinton's campaign memos.

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈfesk/, [ˈfe̝sɡ̊], [ˈfe̝sk]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (fish). Cognate with English fish and German Fisch. The Germanic word is related to Latin piscis, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- (fish).

Noun[edit]

fisk c (singular definite fisken, plural indefinite fisk)

  1. fish
  2. Pisces (someone with a Pisces star sign)
  3. (card games) Go Fish (a card game for children)
Inflection[edit]
Further reading[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See fiske (to fish).

Verb[edit]

fisk

  1. imperative of fiske

Elfdalian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-. Cognate with Swedish fisk.

Noun[edit]

fisk m

  1. fish

Declension[edit]

Faroese[edit]

Noun[edit]

fisk

  1. accusative singular of fiskur

Icelandic[edit]

Noun[edit]

fisk

  1. indefinite accusative singular of fiskur

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (fish), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- (fish).

Noun[edit]

fisk m (definite singular fisken, indefinite plural fisker, definite plural fiskene)

  1. a fish
Derived terms[edit]

See also derived terms at fiske.

Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

fisk

  1. imperative of fiske

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-. Akin to English fish.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

fisk m (definite singular fisken, indefinite plural fiskar, definite plural fiskane)

  1. a fish

Derived terms[edit]

See also derived terms at fiske.

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

Old High German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, whence also Old English fisċ, Old Norse fiskr, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (fisks), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-. Cognates include Latin piscis.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

fisk m

  1. fish

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle High German: visch

Old Norse[edit]

Noun[edit]

fisk

  1. accusative singular of fiskr

Old Saxon[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, whence also Old English fisċ, Old Dutch and Old High German fisk, Old Norse fiskr, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (fisks), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

Noun[edit]

fisk m

  1. fish

Declension[edit]


Descendants[edit]

Russenorsk[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Norwegian Nynorsk fisk. Probably of southern origin, because the northern dialectal form is fesk.

Noun[edit]

fisk

  1. fish

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish fisker, from Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (fish), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- (fish).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

fisk c

  1. (zoology) fish
    • 1995, “Fiskarna i haven [The fish in the seas]”, in Staffan Hellstrand (music), Idde Schultz, performed by Idde Schultz:
      Fiskarna i haven, och fåglarna på taken.
      The fish in the seas, and the birds on the roofs.
  2. Pisces (star sign)

Declension[edit]

Declension of fisk 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fisk fisken fiskar fiskarna
Genitive fisks fiskens fiskars fiskarnas

Derived terms[edit]

Adverb[edit]

fisk

  1. (games) low placed (of a hidden hidden object)
    Coordinate terms: fågel, mittemellan
    – Det börjar brännas.
    – Fågel, fisk eller mittemellan?
    – It's getting hot.
    – High, low or in-between?
    (literally, “Bird, fish or in-between?”)

See also[edit]

Zodiac signs in Swedish (layout · text)
Väduren Oxen Tvillingarna Kräftan
Lejonet Jungfrun Vågen Skorpionen
Skytten Stenbocken Vattumannen Fiskarna

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Frisian fisk, from Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

fisk c (plural fisken, diminutive fiskje)

  1. fish

Further reading[edit]

  • fisk”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011