sicken

Meaning

  1. (Germany, Western, colloquial, regional, weak) to piss
  2. (Germany, Western, colloquial, regional, weak) to be annoyed; to be pissed off; to complain

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈzɪkən/
Etymology

In summary

From Central Franconian secke (“to piss”), from Proto-West Germanic *saikijan, whence also archaic German seichen. The Central Franconian -ck- may be irregular or may be from a geminated variant Proto-Germanic *sikkōną (compare German sickern). The figurative sense “to be annoyed, to complain” is also found in cognate Dutch zeiken. Compare English pissed off.

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