schicken

German

Etymology

From Middle High German schicken (“to outfit oneself, fit in, arrange appropriately”), from Old High German *skihhen, from Proto-Germanic *skikkijaną (“to order, send”). This represents the causative of Middle High German geschehen, geschēn (“to happen, rush”).

Akin to Middle English skekken (“to send forth”), Old English scēon (“to happen”), schie- in Dutch schielijk (“hasty”). More at chic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪkŋ̩/, /ˈʃɪkən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪkŋ̩
• Homophone: Chicken (according to one pronunciation of this word)
• Hyphenation 1996: schi‧cken, pre-1996: schik‧ken

Verb

1. (transitive) to send
2. (reflexive) to hurry (rare)
3. (reflexive) to be decent, to be appropriate

Synonyms

• (to send): senden, versenden, verschicken
• (to be decent, to be appropriate): sich benehmen

Antonyms

• (to send): empfangen, erhalten, bekommen

Derived terms

• abschicken
• anschicken
• hinschicken
• nachschicken
• verschicken
• vorschicken
• zurückschicken

Further reading

• “schicken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “schicken” in Duden online

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skekkjan (“to make move”). See German schicken (“to send”) above.

Verb

schicken

1. to arrange, to carry out, to get done
2. to create, to bring to life
3. to direct
4. to determine, to assign
5. (late) to send, to delegate

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: schikken
• Limburgish: sjikke

Further reading

• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “schicken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN