Jeck
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See also: jeck
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Nominalisation of the adjective jeck (“crazy”). The word is the same as Geck (“dandy”) and is a Central Franconian (Ripuarian) form of it. Cognate to Dutch gek (“crazy”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Jeck m (weak or mixed, genitive Jecken or (nonstandard but common) Jecks, plural Jecken)
- (regional) carnival reveler (participant in a carnival event or party)
- Die Jecken ziehen wieder durch die Straßen.
- Carnival revelers are parading through the streets again.
- (regional, colloquial, in the Rhineland) madman, fool
- Den Jeck kann doch keiner mehr ernstnehmen.
- That madman can't be taken seriously by anyone anymore.
Usage notes
[edit]Sense 1 is now commonly seen in standard usage even beyond the Rhineland. The more original sense 2 remains dialectal.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Jeck [masculine, weak // mixed]
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Jeck” in Duden online