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Is there some relative to Dutch word “kijken” in German?

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Inspired by this question, I wonder if there is also some German relative (dialect or general) of Dutch word "kijken" for to watch or look at something.

I think for example I saw or heard somewhere a comment about "kieken", is this used?

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An example where kijken is used

Wil je met me voetbal kijken

which google translates to

Willst du mit mir Fußball gucken?

dialects vocabulary loanwords

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  Having zero knowledge about Dutch - could you please provide explantory examples how "kijken" is used and what meanings are common? Otherwise you need an answerer that has a deep understanding about both Dutch and German.
  
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  Gucken/Kucken. But "kieken" is only used in some parts of the country, usually those not far from the Dutch border (e.g. Münsterland, etc.). <g>
  
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  Possibly related words in other Germanic languages: kige, kikke (Danish), kika (Swedish and Norwegian), keek (Scottish), peek (English).
  
  – jkej
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Inspired by this question, I wonder if there is also some German relative (dialect or general) of Dutch word "kijken" for to watch or look at something.

I think for example I saw or heard somewhere a comment about "kieken", is this used?

---

An example where kijken is used

Wil je met me voetbal kijken

which google translates to

Willst du mit mir Fußball gucken?

dialects vocabulary loanwords

share|improve this question

edited 17 hours ago

mathreadler

asked 17 hours ago

mathreadlermathreadler

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  Having zero knowledge about Dutch - could you please provide explantory examples how "kijken" is used and what meanings are common? Otherwise you need an answerer that has a deep understanding about both Dutch and German.
  
  – Shegit Brahm
  17 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  Gucken/Kucken. But "kieken" is only used in some parts of the country, usually those not far from the Dutch border (e.g. Münsterland, etc.). <g>
  
  – Rudy Velthuis
  11 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  Possibly related words in other Germanic languages: kige, kikke (Danish), kika (Swedish and Norwegian), keek (Scottish), peek (English).
  
  – jkej
  10 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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Inspired by this question, I wonder if there is also some German relative (dialect or general) of Dutch word "kijken" for to watch or look at something.

I think for example I saw or heard somewhere a comment about "kieken", is this used?

---

An example where kijken is used

Wil je met me voetbal kijken

which google translates to

Willst du mit mir Fußball gucken?

dialects vocabulary loanwords

share|improve this question

edited 17 hours ago

mathreadler

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Wil je met me voetbal kijken

Willst du mit mir Fußball gucken?

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The German for kijken is

kucken

sometimes (especially in the South) also written like

gucken

Both is standard German, and you can find both forms registered in Der Duden (most authoritative reference dictionary for German).

Kieken, in contrast, is a Northern dialectal form of kucken, and of course it is so to say the bridge to kijken.

There are many common phrases with kucken, e.g.

Kuck mal an! / Kuck mal einer an! / Ja da guck an!

meaning something like: "*Oh, that's indeed surprising!" In Swabian dialect (in the South-West) this would be: Jo do guck naa!.

Da kuckst du, was?

"That's surprising for you, isn't it?"

Mal kucken...

meaning something like: "Okay, I don't know yet, but we will see what brings the future; or simply: "Let's see."

Was kuckst du?

a stereotypical bully phrase of oriental street gang members who want to intimidate somebody who dared to look at them. Pronunciation is then typically more like Wuss kuckstu!

Also a person can

dumm aus der Wäsche kucken

i.e. look stupid after taken by unpleasant surprise by something.

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  Grimm knows everything: woerterbuchnetz.de/DWB?lemma=kiken
  
  – David Vogt
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  @DavidVogt Wow "kiken", that is so cool.
  
  – mathreadler
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  my granny (speaking "plattdeutsch") was using a similar: de.wiktionary.org/wiki/kieken , also known in Berlin afaik
  
  – Tommylee2k
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  I think that with kucken/gucken you have the geography the wrong way around. In Berlin it is kieken. Da kiekste, wa?
  
  – Carsten S
  16 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  Isn't this less like a "bridge" over something dividing but a very gentle transition of really one and the same word on the dialect continuum? Cross the Ems eastward and kiecken is still around you?
  
  – LangLangC
  14 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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There is a related question on StackExchange Is there any differences between “Gucken” and “Schauen”?.

One of the answers contains this plot from Atlas der Alltagssprache, which shows how people formulate a call like "Look (there)!"

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In the Berlin dialect there is actually "kieken" [ki​ː​​kən] as form of high german "gucken" and I guess that is a heritage of its low german roots. It has the tendency to swallow its surrounding morphemes, e.g. "Da kiekste, wa?" ("Da guckst Du, nicht wahr?") or "Kiekstn so?" ("Was guckst Du so?").

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The German for kijken is

kucken

sometimes (especially in the South) also written like

gucken

Both is standard German, and you can find both forms registered in Der Duden (most authoritative reference dictionary for German).

Kieken, in contrast, is a Northern dialectal form of kucken, and of course it is so to say the bridge to kijken.

There are many common phrases with kucken, e.g.

Kuck mal an! / Kuck mal einer an! / Ja da guck an!

meaning something like: "*Oh, that's indeed surprising!" In Swabian dialect (in the South-West) this would be: Jo do guck naa!.

Da kuckst du, was?

"That's surprising for you, isn't it?"

Mal kucken...

meaning something like: "Okay, I don't know yet, but we will see what brings the future; or simply: "Let's see."

Was kuckst du?

a stereotypical bully phrase of oriental street gang members who want to intimidate somebody who dared to look at them. Pronunciation is then typically more like Wuss kuckstu!

Also a person can

dumm aus der Wäsche kucken

i.e. look stupid after taken by unpleasant surprise by something.

share|improve this answer

edited 11 hours ago

Rudy Velthuis

2,026414

answered 17 hours ago

Christian GeiselmannChristian Geiselmann

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• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Grimm knows everything: woerterbuchnetz.de/DWB?lemma=kiken
  
  – David Vogt
  17 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @DavidVogt Wow "kiken", that is so cool.
  
  – mathreadler
  16 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  my granny (speaking "plattdeutsch") was using a similar: de.wiktionary.org/wiki/kieken , also known in Berlin afaik
  
  – Tommylee2k
  16 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I think that with kucken/gucken you have the geography the wrong way around. In Berlin it is kieken. Da kiekste, wa?
  
  – Carsten S
  16 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Isn't this less like a "bridge" over something dividing but a very gentle transition of really one and the same word on the dialect continuum? Cross the Ems eastward and kiecken is still around you?
  
  – LangLangC
  14 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 2 more comments

11

The German for kijken is

kucken

sometimes (especially in the South) also written like

gucken

Both is standard German, and you can find both forms registered in Der Duden (most authoritative reference dictionary for German).

Kieken, in contrast, is a Northern dialectal form of kucken, and of course it is so to say the bridge to kijken.

There are many common phrases with kucken, e.g.

Kuck mal an! / Kuck mal einer an! / Ja da guck an!

meaning something like: "*Oh, that's indeed surprising!" In Swabian dialect (in the South-West) this would be: Jo do guck naa!.

Da kuckst du, was?

"That's surprising for you, isn't it?"

Mal kucken...

meaning something like: "Okay, I don't know yet, but we will see what brings the future; or simply: "Let's see."

Was kuckst du?

a stereotypical bully phrase of oriental street gang members who want to intimidate somebody who dared to look at them. Pronunciation is then typically more like Wuss kuckstu!

Also a person can

dumm aus der Wäsche kucken

i.e. look stupid after taken by unpleasant surprise by something.

share|improve this answer

edited 11 hours ago

Rudy Velthuis

2,026414

answered 17 hours ago

Christian GeiselmannChristian Geiselmann

20.6k1559

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Grimm knows everything: woerterbuchnetz.de/DWB?lemma=kiken
  
  – David Vogt
  17 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @DavidVogt Wow "kiken", that is so cool.
  
  – mathreadler
  16 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  my granny (speaking "plattdeutsch") was using a similar: de.wiktionary.org/wiki/kieken , also known in Berlin afaik
  
  – Tommylee2k
  16 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I think that with kucken/gucken you have the geography the wrong way around. In Berlin it is kieken. Da kiekste, wa?
  
  – Carsten S
  16 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Isn't this less like a "bridge" over something dividing but a very gentle transition of really one and the same word on the dialect continuum? Cross the Ems eastward and kiecken is still around you?
  
  – LangLangC
  14 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 2 more comments

The German for kijken is

kucken

sometimes (especially in the South) also written like

gucken

Both is standard German, and you can find both forms registered in Der Duden (most authoritative reference dictionary for German).

Kieken, in contrast, is a Northern dialectal form of kucken, and of course it is so to say the bridge to kijken.

There are many common phrases with kucken, e.g.

Kuck mal an! / Kuck mal einer an! / Ja da guck an!

meaning something like: "*Oh, that's indeed surprising!" In Swabian dialect (in the South-West) this would be: Jo do guck naa!.

Da kuckst du, was?

"That's surprising for you, isn't it?"

Mal kucken...

meaning something like: "Okay, I don't know yet, but we will see what brings the future; or simply: "Let's see."

Was kuckst du?

a stereotypical bully phrase of oriental street gang members who want to intimidate somebody who dared to look at them. Pronunciation is then typically more like Wuss kuckstu!

Also a person can

dumm aus der Wäsche kucken

i.e. look stupid after taken by unpleasant surprise by something.

share|improve this answer

edited 11 hours ago

Rudy Velthuis

2,026414

answered 17 hours ago

Christian GeiselmannChristian Geiselmann

20.6k1559

share|improve this answer

edited 11 hours ago

Rudy Velthuis

2,026414

answered 17 hours ago

Christian GeiselmannChristian Geiselmann

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edited 11 hours ago

Rudy Velthuis

2,026414

edited 11 hours ago

Rudy Velthuis

2,026414

answered 17 hours ago

Christian GeiselmannChristian Geiselmann

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answered 17 hours ago

Christian GeiselmannChristian Geiselmann

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There is a related question on StackExchange Is there any differences between “Gucken” and “Schauen”?.

One of the answers contains this plot from Atlas der Alltagssprache, which shows how people formulate a call like "Look (there)!"

share|improve this answer

edited 7 hours ago

answered 15 hours ago

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8

There is a related question on StackExchange Is there any differences between “Gucken” and “Schauen”?.

One of the answers contains this plot from Atlas der Alltagssprache, which shows how people formulate a call like "Look (there)!"

share|improve this answer

edited 7 hours ago

answered 15 hours ago

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add a comment | 

There is a related question on StackExchange Is there any differences between “Gucken” and “Schauen”?.

One of the answers contains this plot from Atlas der Alltagssprache, which shows how people formulate a call like "Look (there)!"

share|improve this answer

edited 7 hours ago

answered 15 hours ago

Frank from FrankfurtFrank from Frankfurt

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answered 15 hours ago

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answered 15 hours ago

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answered 15 hours ago

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In the Berlin dialect there is actually "kieken" [ki​ː​​kən] as form of high german "gucken" and I guess that is a heritage of its low german roots. It has the tendency to swallow its surrounding morphemes, e.g. "Da kiekste, wa?" ("Da guckst Du, nicht wahr?") or "Kiekstn so?" ("Was guckst Du so?").

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answered 8 hours ago

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In the Berlin dialect there is actually "kieken" [ki​ː​​kən] as form of high german "gucken" and I guess that is a heritage of its low german roots. It has the tendency to swallow its surrounding morphemes, e.g. "Da kiekste, wa?" ("Da guckst Du, nicht wahr?") or "Kiekstn so?" ("Was guckst Du so?").

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answered 8 hours ago

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In the Berlin dialect there is actually "kieken" [ki​ː​​kən] as form of high german "gucken" and I guess that is a heritage of its low german roots. It has the tendency to swallow its surrounding morphemes, e.g. "Da kiekste, wa?" ("Da guckst Du, nicht wahr?") or "Kiekstn so?" ("Was guckst Du so?").

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answered 8 hours ago

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