fisk

• IPA^(key): /fɪsk/

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• Rhymes: -ɪsk

Compare Swedish fjäska (“to bustle about”).

fisk (third-person singular simple present fisks, present participle fisking, simple past and past participle fisked)

1. (obsolete) To run about; to frisk; to whisk.
   • 1549 April 8 (Gregorian calendar)​, Hughe Latymer [i.e., Hugh Latimer]; Augustine Bernher, compiler, “[27 Sermons Preached by the Ryght Reuerende Father in God and Constant Matir of Iesus Christe, Maister Hugh Latimer, […].] The Fourth Sermon of Master Hugh Latimer whiche He Preached before Kyng Edwarde [VI], the .XXIX. Day of Marche.”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, […], London: […] John Day, […], published 1562, OCLC 12219849, folio 50, recto:

     [W]hen the light of Goddes word is once reueled, then he is buſy, then he rores then he fyſkes abrode, and ſtyrreth vp erronious opiniõs.

Back-formation from fisking.

fisk (third-person singular simple present fisks, present participle fisking, simple past and past participle fisked)

1. To rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet.
   • 2002 December, Institute of Public Affairs, “The World of Blog”, in Review‎:

     A proper fisking leaves the reader with a clear understanding that the text so fisked was appallingly wrong in every important respect!

   • 2008 March 13, “Fisked By Obama”, in The Economist:

     Now, apparently, Barack Obama's campaign is fisking Hillary Clinton's campaign memos.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfesk/, [ˈfe̝sɡ̊], [ˈfe̝sk]

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”). Cognate with English fish and German Fisch. The Germanic word is related to Latin piscis, from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ- (“fish”).

fisk c (singular definite fisken, plural indefinite fisk)

1. fish
2. Pisces (someone with a Pisces star sign)
3. (card games) Go Fish (a card game for children)

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See fiske (“to fish”).

fisk

1. imperative of fiske

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-. Cognate with Swedish fisk.

fisk m

1. fish

fisk

1. accusative singular of fiskur

fisk

1. indefinite accusative singular of fiskur

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ- (“fish”).

fisk m (definite singular fisken, indefinite plural fisker, definite plural fiskene)

1. a fish

See also derived terms at fiske.

• fiske
• fisker

fisk

1. imperative of fiske

• “fisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• fesk (dialectal)

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-. Akin to English fish.

• IPA^(key): /fɪsk/

fisk m (definite singular fisken, indefinite plural fiskar, definite plural fiskane)

1. a fish

See also derived terms at fiske.

• fiske
• fiskar

• “fisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• fisc

From Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, whence also Old English fisċ, Old Norse fiskr, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (fisks), from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-. Cognates include Latin piscis.

• IPA^(key): /fis̄k/

fisk m

1. fish

• Middle High German: visch
  • Bavarian: Fiisch

    Cimbrian: viss, biss, visch

    Mòcheno: visch

  • Central Franconian:

    Hunsrik: Fisch

    Kölsch: Fesch

  • German: Fisch
  • Luxembourgish: Fësch
  • Transylvanian Saxon: Fäsch
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Palatine German: Fusch, Fisch

  • Vilamovian: fejś
  • Yiddish: פֿיש‎ (fish)

fisk

1. accusative singular of fiskr

• fisc, visk, visc

From Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, whence also Old English fisċ, Old Dutch and Old High German fisk, Old Norse fiskr, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (fisks), from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-.

fisk m

1. fish

• Middle Low German: visch, vis
  • Dutch Low Saxon: visch
  • German Low German: Fisk, Fiss, Fisch, Fösch
  • Plautdietsch: Fesch

From Old Swedish fisker, from Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ- (“fish”).

• IPA^(key): /fɪsk/
• Rhymes: -ɪsk

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fisk c

1. (zoology) fish
2. Pisces (star sign)

fisk

1. (games) low placed (of a hidden hidden object)

   – Det börjar brännas.
   – Fågel, fisk eller mittemellan?

   – It's getting hot.
   – High, low or in-between?

   (literally, “Bird, fish or in-between?”)

   Coordinate terms: fågel, mittemellan

• fiks

From Old Frisian fisk, from Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-.

• IPA^(key): /fɪsk/

fisk c (plural fisken, diminutive fiskje)

1. fish

• “fisk”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-.

• IPA^(key): /fɪsk/, /feɪsk/

  Rhymes: -ɪ́sk

fisk m

1. A fish.

• fiskj
• fiskjälä
• fiskres
• fiskspänning
• fisktjuv
• fiskuv