kiek

Meaning

Noun

a snapshot, photograph; orinally specifically used for a group scene and/or shot by an amateur photographer

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of kieken:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of kieken:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of kieken:

kieken

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Concepts

photograph

snapshot

ikon

illustration

image

map

photo

pic

picture

slide

drawing

design

figure

Synonyms

foto

kiekje

afbeelding

beeld

fotografie

opname

Translations

photo

foto

foto

fotografía

صورة شخصية

رسم توضيحي

شكل

Abbild

صورة فوتوغرافية

Abbildung

Bild

Darstellung

Foto

Fotografie

foto

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kik/

Etymology

Cognate with Western Frisian: kijk

In summary

From the name of Dutch photographer Israël Kiek. Probably reinforced by analogy with kijk (“a look”) and kieken, a dialectal synonym for kijken (“to look”).