Geck

See also: geck

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German geck (“fool”). The same word has later been borrowed again from Ripuarian as jeck (“crazy”) and Jeck (“fool; carnival reveler”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɡɛkʰ]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Geck m (genitive Gecken or Gecks, plural Gecken)

  1. (somewhat dated) dandy, coxcomb, poser (vain, narcisstic man)
    Synonyms: Laffe, Stutzer, Zierbengel, Gigerl (chiefly Austria, fashionable in the 1880s), Lackaffe (colloquial), Fatzke (colloquial, regional), Poser (youth slang)

Usage notes
  • The word can be declined according to the weak or the strong pattern. The former is more originally standard, but the latter is also found.

Declension
Weak declension
Declension of Geck
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Geck die Gecken
genitive eines des Gecken der Gecken
dative einem dem Gecken den Gecken
accusative einen den Gecken die Gecken
Strong declension
Declension of Geck
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Geck die Gecken
genitive eines des Gecks der Gecken
dative einem dem Geck den Gecken
accusative einen den Geck die Gecken

Further reading
  • Geck in Duden online

Luxembourgish

Noun

Geck m (plural Gecken)

  1. (derogatory) madman, lunatic, maniac
  2. fool, crackpot
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