nick

Bedeutung (English)

Noun

1. A small cut in a surface.
2. A small cut in a surface.
3. Senses connoting something small.
4. Senses connoting something small.
5. Senses connoting something small.
6. (colloquial) Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.
7. (slang) A police station or prison.

Verb

1. To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
2. To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
3. To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
4. (obsolete) To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.
5. (obsolete) To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.
6. (obsolete) To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.
7. To make a cut at the side of the face.
8. (slang) To steal.
9. (slang) To arrest.

Verb

To give or call (someone) by a nickname; to style.

Konzepte

klauen

Kerbe

entwenden

stehlen

einschneiden

beklauen

abdecken

arrestieren

arretieren

Einschnitt

entblößen

entdecken

enthüllen

festnehmen

mausen

stibitzen

verhaften

mopsen

Bresche

Kluft

beenden

rauben

Einkerbung

Scharte

einstellen

Spalte

Spitzname

Beiname

Einhalt gebieten

striezen

ein Ende machen

Synonyms

notch

steal

pinch

chip

purloin

dent

rob

snick

cut

groove

abstract

the nick

swipe

indent

pilfer

incision

indentation

slammer

lift

filch

tear

nip

slit

split

starve

expose

slash

ding

strip

skin

nab

rip

thieve

jail

deprive

clear

gash

gouge

uncover

bare

shoplift

detain

shell

🐚

peel

detect

arrest

discover

score

apprehend

snaffle

prison

slot

snitch

rent

rip off

scallop

scrape

scratch

serrate

sideswipe

slotting

snag

sobriquet

staunch

sting

take

trick

trough

truncate

tweak

twinge

acropolis

deprive of

make off with

shredded tobacco

marks on a ruler

walk off with

scollop

crack

commit larceny

petty criticism

nick-time

slot wedge

stop

🛑

deprive … of

abate

abridge

alias

bag

bite

breach

burrow

bust

castle

🏰

cavity

cell

channel

chateau

cheat

clink

clip

cranny

curtail

defraud

despoil

dimple

discontinue

dock

embezzle

end

🔚

excoriation

fracture

gaol

gap

graze

hack

halt

hole

🕳️

hollow

hoosegow

incise

indenture

ledge

manger

mark

misappropriate

nag

near miss

nest

nibble

nickname

opening

peck

pen

🖊️

penitentiary

prorogue

quell

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/nɪk/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Mittelenglisch: nik

Cognate with Dänisch: nikke

Cognate with Mittelniederländisch: nicken

Cognate with Niederländisch: knikken

Cognate with Middle Low German: nicken

Cognate with Mittelhochdeutsch: nicken

Cognate with Deutsch: nicken

Cognate with Middle Low German: knicken

Cognate with Deutsch: knicken

Cognate with Old Frisian: hnekka

Cognate with Schwedisch: nicka

In summary

The noun is derived from Late Middle English nik (“notch, tally; nock of an arrow”). Its further etymology is unknown; a connection with nock (“notch in a bow to hold the bowstring; notch at the rear of an arrow that fits the bowstring; cleft in the buttocks”) has not been clearly established.
The verb appears to be derived from the noun, though the available evidence shows that some of the verb senses predate the noun senses. No connection with words in Germanic languages such as Danish nikke (“to nod”), Middle Dutch nicken (“to bend; to bow”) (modern Dutch knikken (“to nod”)), Middle Low German nicken (“to bend over; to sink”), Middle High German nicken (“to bend; to depress”) (modern German nicken (“to nod”)), Middle Low German knicken (“to bend; to snap”) (modern German knicken (“to bend; to break”), Old Frisian hnekka (“to nod”), and Swedish nicka (“to nod”), has been clearly established.