Infinitive
Participles
| Present | kikende; kikynge |
| Past | kiked |
Indicative
Past
| 1st sing. | kiked |
| 3rd sing. | kiked |
Imperative
Verbs conjugated like kiken
sacren,
sownen,
skapen,
behoven,
devysen,
bicaren,
totorven,
preferren,
adweschen,
skleren,
grinten,
disporten,
amenusen,
glisteren,
glenten,
consecraten,
forslouthen,
umbeloken,
ransaken,
withslippen, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch kiken. Related to Scots keek, West Frisian kytse, Dutch kijken, Swedish kika, Icelandic kíkja. See: Middle Dutch '
kiken', Scots '
keek', Dutch '
kijken', Swedish '
kika', Icelandic '
kíkja'.
Verbs referencing "kiken"
Scots
keek.
Sample Sentences
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This Nicholas sat ever gaping upright, / As he had kyked on the newe mone. [1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Myllers Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:]
Cognates
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