Piks

See also: piks

German

Etymology 1

From piksen (“to prick, to sting, to pinch”), also piken.

Alternative forms

• Pik (less literary)
• Pieks (considered a misspelling however frequent)

Noun

Piks m (strong, genitive Pikses, plural Pikse)

1. (colloquial) pinch, sting, prick

   Ein Piks für eine Blutspende kann viele Leben retten. ― A prick for a blood donation can save many lives.

Declension

Declension of Piks [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Piks	die	Pikse
genitive	eines	des	Pikses	der	Pikse
dative	einem	dem	Piks, Pikse1	den	Piksen
accusative	einen	den	Piks	die	Pikse

¹Now rare, see notes.

Etymology 2

Noun

Piks

1. plural of Pik (“spades in card games”)
2. genitive singular of Pik