bike

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. Clipping of bicycle.
2. Clipping of motorbike.
3. (slang) Ellipsis of village bike.

Verb

1. To ride a bike.
2. To travel by bike.
3. To transport by bicycle.

Konzepte

Fahrrad

Rad

Velo

Motorrad

Drahtesel

Rover

radeln

Rad fahren

-räder

Krad

Kraftrad

Räder

Fahrrad fahren

radfahren

Moped

Bienenwabe

Honigwabe

Wabe

Herde

Meute

Pack

Rotte

Rudel

Schafherde

Schule

Schwarm

Sprung

-e

Rad - s

Fahrrad - s

Zweirad

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/baɪk/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From bicycle, by shortening, and possibly alteration. Attested from 1882.
One explanation for the pronunciation is that bicycle is parsed to bi(cy)c(le). An alternative explanation is that bicycle is shortened to bic(ycle), and the terminal [s] is converted to a [k] because there is an underlying underspecified [k]/[s] sound, which is softened to [s] in bicycle but retained as [k] in bike; compare the letter ‘c’ (used for [k]/[s]).