peak

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
2. The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
3. The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
4. The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
5. (UK) visor (horizontal part of a cap sticking out in front and shading the wearer's eyes)
6. The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
7. The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
8. The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
9. A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.
10. (Internet, uncountable) Something of exceptional quality.

Verb

1. (transitive) To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular.
2. (transitive) To exceed the maximum signal amplitude of (a piece of equipment), resulting in clipping of the signal.
3. (intransitive) To reach a highest degree or maximum.
4. (intransitive) To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of peak trans.

Adj

1. At the greatest extent; maximum.
2. (slang) Maximal, quintessential, archetypical, strictly with positive connotations; representing the culmination of its type.
3. (Multicultural-London-English) Bad.
4. (Multicultural-London-English) Unlucky; unfortunate.
5. (Internet) Very good or high-quality.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To become sick or wan.
2. (intransitive) To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
3. (intransitive) To pry; to peep slyly.

Verb

Misspelling of pique.

Konzepte

Gipfel

Spitze

Höhepunkt

Zinke

Zipfel

Kulm

Stift

Zacke

Pik

♠️

Bergspitze

Oberteil

Scheitelpunkt

Höchstwert

Höchststand

Hülle

Kamm

Krone

👑

Kulminationspunkt

Maximum

rau

Rücken

🔙

scharf

Scheitel

Schirm

streng

Wipfel

Zenit

Zinne

Blütezeit

Extrem

spitz

Klimax

Berggipfel

Blütezeit des Lebens

höchste Erhebung

konjunktureller Höhepunkt

Silbenkern

Apogäum

Spitzenverkehr

Bedeckung

beißend

Berg

⛰️

Blüte

🌼

Decke

Ende

🔚

gipfeln

grell

hart

heftig

herb

Synonyme

top

🔝

summit

tip

apex

climax

pinnacle

acme

point

zenith

crest

vertex

maximum

culmination

highest point

height

end

🔚

prime

visor

tiptop

ridge

crown

👑

eyeshade

heyday

head

mountain peak

hill

vizor

highlight

highest

culminate

superlative

flower

🌸

pike

meridian

mountain

⛰️

limit

top out

elevation

brow

efflorescence

cusp

blossom

🌼

headland

bloom

prong

bill

flush

spike

high point

nose

👃

Übersetzungen

sommet

cima

🔝

cima

🔝

cime

pico

cim

pico

pointe

cumbre

picco

top

🔝

crête

spits

vetta

🔝

pic

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/piːk/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: pek

Geerbt von Altenglisch: pīc

Verwandt mit Niederländisch: piek

Verwandt mit Dänisch: pik

Verwandt mit Schwedisch: pik

Verwandt mit Norwegisch: pik

In summary

From earlier peake, peek, peke, from Middle English pek (in place names), itself an alteration of pike, pyke, pyk (“a sharp point, pike”), from Old English pīc, piic (“a pike, needle, pin, peak, pinnacle”), from Proto-West Germanic *pīk, from Proto-Germanic *pīkaz (“peak”).
Cognate with Dutch piek (“pike, point, summit, peak”), Danish pik (“pike, peak”), Swedish pik (“pike, lance, point, peak”), Norwegian pik (“peak, summit”). More at pike.

Sätze

After six weeks , the song reached a peak of number two on the chart .

Applications include power generation for combined cycle or peak power .

Die Anwendungen umfassen die Stromerzeugung für kombinierte Zyklus oder Spitzenleistung.

Trips peak Friday evenings for medallion cabs , and Saturday night for Green Taxis .

TRIPS Peak Friday Abend für Medaillon Cabs und Samstagabend für grüne Taxis.