pickn

Bavarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a variant of Middle High German pichen, bichen, ultimatively from Proto-West Germanic *pik (“pitch, tar, wood resin”), from Latin pix (“pitch, tar”). Compare German pichen and picken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈb̥iɡ̥ːɴ̩/
  • Hyphenation: pickn

Verb

pickn (past participle pickt) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Southern Bavarian, Carinthia, Tyrol)

  1. (intransitive) to stick [+ auf (dative) = to] [auxiliary sei]
    Der Dreck is ma auf de Schuach pickt. ― The dirt was sticking to my shoes.
  2. (transitive) to glue (on), to stick on [+ auf (accusative) = onto] [auxiliary håbn]
    I håb's Pickerl auf d'Scheibn pickt. ― I stuck the sticker on the pane.

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