schicken

German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German schicken (“to outfit oneself, fit in, arrange appropriately”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *skikkijaną (“to order, send”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *skeg- (“to jump, spring”); representing the causative of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German geschehen, geschēn (“to happen, rush”) from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German giskehan (“to happen”) from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *skehaną (“to run, move quickly”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *skek- (“to run, jump, spring”). Akin to Middle English skekken (“to send forth”), Old English scēon (“to happen”), schie- in Dutch schielijk (“hasty”). More at chic.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪkŋ̩/, /ˈʃɪkən/
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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɪkŋ̩
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Homophone: Chicken (according to one pronunciation of this word)

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 Duden online