piek

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) a highest point; a peak
2. (feminine) a summit, a peak, the highest point of a mountain
3. (feminine) a pike (polearm)
4. (feminine) a spire tree-topper for a Christmas tree
5. (informal, masculine) a guilder (comparable to buck, quid)

Verb

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

pieken

• Noun
• Verb

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Concepts

peak

summit

point

pike

tip

spear

acme

apex

highlight

lance

zenith

culmination

ending

end

🔚

cusp

promontory

prong

conclusion

termination

finish

glaive

boils sens de bouillir

climax

Synonyms

spits

punt

top

🔝

tip

topje

neus

👃

hoogtepunt

toppunt

🔝

uitkijkpost

voleinding

beëindiging

pinakel

bergtop

besluit

eind

🔚

einde

end

hellebaard

tand

Translations

Zacke

Zipfel

Spitze

Kulm

cim

pico

punta

cime

Stift

cima

🔝

Zinke

ponta

αιχμή

ápice

punta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pik/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: pike

In summary

From Middle Dutch pike, ultimately from the root of pikken (“to stab, pierce”).