Pick

See also: pick

English

Etymology

• As an English, Dutch, and German surname, related to pickaxe.
• As a German surname, from Low German pick (“pitch”), itself ultimately from Latin pix.
• As an English surname, from pike (“kind of fish”).

Proper noun

Pick (plural Picks)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pick is the 9451^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3442 individuals. Pick is most common among White (89.4%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pick”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Bavarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥iɡ̥ː/
• Hyphenation: Pick
• Homophones: pick, Pik

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pik (“pitch, tar, wood resin”), from Latin pix (“pitch, tar”). Doublet of Pech.

Noun

Pick m (plural Pick, diminutive Pickerl)

1. glue

Related terms

• pickn

Etymology 2

Probably from French pique (“grudge, spite”), from French piquer (“to prick, to sting; to be offended”).

Noun

Pick m (plural Pick)

1. grudge, resentment

Related terms

• an Pick auf jemånd håbn

German

Etymology 1

Noun

Pick m (strong, genitive Pickes or Picks, plural Picke) (but hardly likely in the plural)

1. alternative form of Pik (“shrewdness, scoff, wont to be mean”)

Declension

Declension of Pick [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pick	die	Picke
genitive	eines	des	Pickes, Picks	der	Picke
dative	einem	dem	Pick, Picke1	den	Picken
accusative	einen	den	Pick	die	Picke

¹Now rare, see notes.

Etymology 2

Denominal of picken in the sense “to adhere”.

Noun

Pick m (strong, genitive Pickes or Picks, plural Picks)

1. (Austria, colloquial) glue
   • 2018, Wolf Haas, Junger Mann, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:

     Aber dann haute ich den Gummifleck doch viel zu früh drauf, also noch bevor der Pick ganz hart war.

     But then I slung the rubber stain on too early, that is before the glue was hard.

Declension

Declension of Pick [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pick	die	Picks
genitive	eines	des	Pickes, Picks	der	Picks
dative	einem	dem	Pick, Picke1	den	Picks
accusative	einen	den	Pick	die	Picks

¹Now rare, see notes.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English pick.

Noun

Pick m (strong, genitive Picks, plural Picks)

1. (sports) a player picked for an event, pick

Declension

Declension of Pick [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pick	die	Picks
genitive	eines	des	Picks	der	Picks
dative	einem	dem	Pick	den	Picks
accusative	einen	den	Pick	die	Picks