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fisk

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Compare Swedish fjäska (“to bustle about”).

Verb

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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

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Back-formation from fisking.

Verb

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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

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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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

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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
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Declension of fisk
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fisk fisken fisk fiskene
genitive fisks fiskens fisks fiskenes
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Etymology 2

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See fiske (“to fish”).

Verb

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fisk

  1. imperative of fiske

Elfdalian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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fisk m

  1. fish

Declension

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Declension of fisk
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fisk fisken fisker fiskär
accusative fisk fistjin fiska fiską
dative fistje fistjem fiskum fiskum(e)
genitive fistjes fistjemes - fiskumes

Faroese

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Noun

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fisk

  1. accusative singular of fiskur

Icelandic

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Noun

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fisk

  1. indefinite accusative singular of fiskur

Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

  1. a fish
Derived terms
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See also derived terms at fiske.

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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fisk

  1. imperative of fiske

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. a fish

Derived terms

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See also derived terms at fiske.

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Old High German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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fisk m

  1. fish

Declension

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Declension of fisk (masculine a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative fisk fiska
accusative fisk fiska
genitive fiskes fisko
dative fiske fiskum
instrumental fisku —

Descendants

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  • Middle High German: visch

Old Norse

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Noun

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fisk

  1. accusative singular of fiskr

Old Saxon

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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fisk m

  1. fish

Declension

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Declension of fisk (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative fisk fiskos
accusative fisk fiskos
genitive fiskes fiskō
dative fiske fiskum
instrumental — —


Descendants

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Russenorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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fisk

  1. fish

Swedish

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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fisk c

  1. (zoology) fish
  2. Pisces (star sign)

Declension

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Declension of fisk
nominative genitive
singular indefinite fisk fisks
definite fisken fiskens
plural indefinite fiskar fiskars
definite fiskarna fiskarnas

Derived terms

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Adverb

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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

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

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Anagrams

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West Frisian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fisk c (plural fisken, diminutive fiskje)

  1. fish

Further reading

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