# sicken
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English sekenen, equivalent to sick +‎ -en. Cognate with Danish sygne (“to pine”), Swedish sjukna (“to fall ill; become sick”), Norwegian sykne, Icelandic sjúkna (“to sicken; become sick”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɪkən/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪkən

### Verb

sicken (third-person singular simple present sickens, present participle sickening, simple past and past participle sickened)
* (transitive) To make ill.
    The infection will sicken him until amputation is needed.
* (intransitive) To become ill.
    I will sicken if I don’t get some more exercise.
** 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:The judges that sat upon the jail, and numbers of those that attended, […] sickened upon it and died.
* (transitive) To fill with disgust or abhorrence.
    His arrogant behaviour sickens me.
* (sports) To lower the standing of.
** 2007, Euan Reedie, Alan Shearer: Portrait Of A Legend - Captain Fantastic, →ISBN:Whenever I get booed by opposition fans it only makes me more determined to sicken them.
** 2011, Scott Burns, Walter Smith the Ibrox Gaffer: A Tribute to a Rangers Legend, →ISBN:But instead of giving up, the Rangers team managed to grab a dramatic later winner from Kenny Miller to sicken St Mirren and lift the cup
** 2016 September 28, Tom English, “Celtic 3–3 Manchester City”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, BBC Sport:City took control, pinning a tiring Celtic back and threatening to sicken them with a winner.
* (intransitive) To be filled with disgust or abhorrence.
** 1607, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra:Mine eyes did sicken at the sight.
* (intransitive) To become disgusting or tedious.
** 1770, Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village:The toiling pleasure sickens into pain.
* (intransitive) To become weak; to decay; to languish.
** 1734, Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man:All pleasures sicken, and all glories sink.

#### Derived terms

* sickening

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* sincke

## German
### Etymology

From Central Franconian secke (“to piss”), from Proto-West Germanic *saikijan, whence also archaic German seichen.
The Central Franconian -ck- may be irregular or may be from a geminated variant Proto-Germanic *sikkōną (compare German sickern). The figurative sense “to be annoyed, to complain” is also found in cognate Dutch zeiken. Compare English pissed off.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈzɪkən/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

sicken (weak, third-person singular present sickt, past tense sickte, past participle gesickt, auxiliary haben)
* (regional, colloquial, western Germany) to piss
    Ich geh ma’ eben sicken.I’m gonna take a piss.
* (regional, colloquial, western Germany) to be annoyed; to be pissed off; to complain
    Lass ihn! Der is’ den ganzen Tag schon am Sicken.Leave him! He’s been pissed off all day.

#### Usage notes

* The figurative sense is used chiefly in the colloquial progressive with am (as above).

#### Conjugation

$^1$Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

#### Derived terms

* sickig

### Further reading

* “sicken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “sicken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “sicken” in Duden online
* “sicken” in OpenThesaurus.de

## Swedish
### Etymology

Contracted from se (“to look, see”) and vicken, which was the older pronunciation of vilken (“what, which”).

### Pronoun

sicken c sicket n sicka, sickna pl
* (colloquial) what a; expresses a (often strong) feeling such as surprise, disappointment; liking, disliking
    Sicken dag!What a day!

#### Synonyms

* vilken

### References

* sicken in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* sicken in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* sicken in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* Nickes