steik

English

Verb

steik (third-person singular simple present steiks, present participle steiking, simple past and past participle steiked)

1. Alternative form of steek

Anagrams

• Kites, kites, skite, stike, tikes

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse steik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [staik]

Noun

steik f (genitive singular steikar, plural steikir)

1. roast
2. (slang) crumpet

Declension

Declension of steik
f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	steik	steikin	steikir	steikirnar
accusative	steik	steikina	steikir	steikirnar
dative	steik	steikini	steikum	steikunum
genitive	steikar	steikarinnar	steika	steikanna

Related terms

• steikja (to fry)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse steik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /steiːk/
• Rhymes: -eiːk

Noun

steik f (genitive singular steikar, nominative plural steikur)

1. steak, roast

Declension

declension of steik

f-s3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	steik	steikin	steikur	steikurnar
accusative	steik	steikina	steikur	steikurnar
dative	steik	steikinni	steikum	steikunum
genitive	steikar	steikarinnar	steika	steikanna

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English steak.

Noun

steik (first-person possessive steikku, second-person possessive steikmu, third-person possessive steiknya)

1. steak

Synonyms

• bistik

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

steik

1. imperative of steike

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

steik

1. imperative of steike
2. imperative of steikje

Old Norse

Etymology

Related to steikja (“to fry, roast”)

Noun

steik f

1. roast

Descendants

• Icelandic: steik
• Faroese: steik
• Norwegian: steik
• Danish: steg
• Swedish: stek
• → Middle English: steike
  • English: steak
• → Middle Irish: staíc
  • Irish: stéig
  • Scottish Gaelic: staoig

References

• “steik”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Scots

Alternative forms

• steyk, steke, steike, steick, steek, steake, steck, stek, stik, styk, stick, staige, staidge

Etymology

From Middle English stic, from Middle Dutch stucke, sticke, from Old Dutch *stukki, *stikki, from Proto-West Germanic *stukkī, from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją. Compare Plautdietsch Stekj (“piece”), Dutch stuk (“piece”).

Noun

steik (plural steiks or stikkis)

1. a piece
2. (commercial) a piece or item of goods; a small number or amount, a quantity
3. a piece or cut of cloth