Piks

See also: piks

German

Etymology 1

From piksen (“to prick, to sting, to pinch”), also piken.

Alternative forms

  • Pik (less literary)
  • Pieks (considered a misspelling however frequent)

Noun

Piks m (strong, genitive Pikses, plural Pikse)

  1. (colloquial) pinch, sting, prick
    Ein Piks für eine Blutspende kann viele Leben retten. ― A prick for a blood donation can save many lives.
Declension
Declension of Piks [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Piks die Pikse
genitive eines des Pikses der Pikse
dative einem dem Piks, Pikse1 den Piksen
accusative einen den Piks die Pikse

1Now rare, see notes.

Etymology 2

Noun

Piks

  1. plural of Pik (“spades in card games”)
  2. genitive singular of Pik
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