# fisk
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɪsk/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪsk

### Etymology 1

Compare Swedish fjäska (“to bustle about”).

#### Verb

fisk (third-person singular simple present fisks, present participle fisking, simple past and past participle fisked)
* (obsolete) To run about; to fist; 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, 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.

### Etymology 2

Back-formation from fisking.

#### Verb

fisk (third-person singular simple present fisks, present participle fisking, simple past and past participle fisked)
* To rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet.
** 2002 December, Institute of Public Affairs, “The World of Blog”, in Review‎, archived from the original on 26 September 2009: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.

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfesk/, [ˈfe̝sɡ̊], [ˈfe̝sk]

### Etymology 1

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 *peysk- (“fish”).

#### Noun

fisk c (singular definite fisken, plural indefinite fisk)
* fish
* Pisces (someone with a Pisces star sign)
* (card games) Go Fish (a card game for children)

##### Further reading

* fisk on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$
* Fisk (kortspil) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$
* Fisk (flertydig) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$

### Etymology 2

See fiske (“to fish”).

#### Verb

fisk
* imperative of fiske

## Elfdalian
### Etymology

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

### Noun

fisk m
* fish

#### Declension
## Faroese
### Noun

fisk
* accusative singular of fiskur

## Icelandic
### Noun

fisk
* indefinite accusative singular of fiskur

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɪsk/

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

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

##### Derived terms

See also derived terms at fiske.
* ferskvannsfisk
* fiskebolle
* fiskebutikk
* fiskefangst
* fiskefor, fiskefôr
* fiskehandler
* fiskekake
* fiskemel
* fiskeolje
* fiskeri
* fisketank
* fiskeørn
* flygefisk
* gullfisk
* kjempefisk
* lutefisk
* rakfisk
* rovfisk
* tørrfisk

##### Related terms

* fiske
* fisker

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

fisk
* imperative of fiske

### References

* “fisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* fesk (dialectal)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɪsk/

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

See also derived terms at fiske.
* fiskebolle
* fiskebutikk
* fiskefangst
* fiskefor, fiskefôr
* fiskekake
* fiskeolje
* fiskeri
* fisketank
* fiskeørn
* flygefisk
* gullfisk
* kjempefisk
* lutefisk
* rakfisk
* rovfisk
* tørrfisk

#### Related terms

* fiske
* fiskar

### References

* “fisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old High German
### Alternative forms

* fisc

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fis̄k/

### Noun

fisk m
* fish

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: visch, fisch, visc, vesc
** Bavarian: Fiisch
*** Cimbrian: viss, biss, visch
*** Mòcheno: visch
** Central Franconian: Fesch
*** Hunsrik: Fisch
*** Kölsch: Fesch
*** Luxembourgish: Fësch
*** Transylvanian Saxon: Fäsch
** German: Fisch
** Rhine Franconian:
*** Palatine German: Fusch, Fisch
*** Pennsylvania German: Fisch
** Vilamovian: fejś
** Yiddish: פֿיש (fish)

## Old Norse
### Noun

fisk
* accusative singular of fiskr

## Old Saxon
### Alternative forms

* fisc, visk, visc

### Etymology

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 *peysk-.

### Noun

fisk m
* fish

#### Descendants

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

#### References

* Köbler, Gerhard, Altsächsisches Wörterbuch (5th edition 2014)

## Russenorsk
### Alternative forms

* фишка (fiška), фиска (fiska), fiska

### Etymology

Inherited from Norwegian Nynorsk fisk. Probably of southern origin, because the northern dialectal form is fesk.

### Noun

fisk
* fish

## Swedish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɪsk/
* Rhymes: -ɪsk
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

fisk c
* (zoology) fish
** 1995, “Fiskarna i haven [The fish in the seas]”, in Staffan Hellstrand (music), Idde Schultz‎, performed by Idde Schultz:Fiskarna i haven, och fåglarna på taken.The fish in the seas, and the birds on the roofs.
* Pisces (star sign)

#### Derived terms

* fina fisken
* fiska
* fiskare
* fiskben
* fiskbutik
* fiske
* fiskfilé
* fiskhuvud
* fiskmånglare
* fiskrens
* fiskrätt
* fisksås
* ful fisk
* guldfisk
* valfisk

### Adverb

fisk
* (games) low placed (of a hidden hidden object)
    Coordinate terms: fågel, mittemellan
    – Det börjar brännas. – Fågel, fisk eller mittemellan?– It's getting hot. – High, low or in-between?(literally, “Bird, fish or in-between?”)

### See also

Zodiac signs in Swedish (layout · text) :
| Väduren | Oxen | Tvillingarna | Kräftan |
| Lejonet | Jungfrun | Vågen | Skorpionen |
| Skytten | Stenbocken | Vattumannen | Fiskarna |

### References

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

### Anagrams

* fiks

## West Frisian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɪsk/

### Noun

fisk c (plural fisken, diminutive fiskje)
* fish

#### Further reading

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