Sock

See also: sock

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Socke, Sockä, Socka

Etymology

From Middle High German soc, from Old High German soc, from Proto-West Germanic *sokk, from Proto-Germanic *sukkaz. Compare German Socke.

Noun

Sock m (plural Socke or Sockä or Socka, diminutive Söckli)

1. sock

Central Franconian

Etymology

From Middle High German soc, from Old High German soc, from Latin soccus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɔk/

Noun

Sock f or m (plural Söck or Socke, diminutive Söckche or Seckche)

1. (most dialects) sock

Usage notes

• The word was originally masculine in Ripuarian, but is now often feminine under standard German influence.
• In Ripuarian, the plural Söck is predominant (even with feminine gender), Socke is rarer. Moselle Franconian has only Socke.
• The diminutive is irregular. (The expected form is *Söckelche.)

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Old Saxon sok, from Proto-West Germanic *sokk.

Noun

Sock f (plural Socke)

1. sock
2. foot