| This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry nicken. | Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language |
nicken, verb, ‘to nod, doze,’ from Middle High German nicken, Old High German nicchen; the iterative of neigen (like schmücken of schmiegen, bücken of biegen). Nacken is not allied.