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Basque
[edit]Noun
[edit]gek
- ergative indefinite of ge
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch geck (“madman”). Earlier origin uncertain, but perhaps from an imitative verb also found in Swedish gäcka (“to mock”).[1]
Cognate with German Geck, Jeck, English geek (see etymology there).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]gek (comparative gekker, superlative gekst)
Declension
[edit]Declension of gek | ||||
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uninflected | gek | |||
inflected | gekke | |||
comparative | gekker | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | gek | gekker | het gekst het gekste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | gekke | gekkere | gekste |
n. sing. | gek | gekker | gekste | |
plural | gekke | gekkere | gekste | |
definite | gekke | gekkere | gekste | |
partitive | geks | gekkers | — |
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Noun
[edit]gek m (plural gekken, diminutive gekje n, feminine gekkin)
- (male) lunatic, madman
- Synonyms: dwaas, mesjoggene, waanzinnige
- cowl (on a chimney)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “geek”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
West Frisian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Dutch gek, German geck.
Adjective
[edit]gek
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of gek | ||||
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uninflected | gek | |||
inflected | geke | |||
comparative | geker | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | gek | geker | it gekst it gekste | |
indefinite | c. sing. | geke | gekere | gekste |
n. sing. | gek | geker | gekste | |
plural | geke | gekere | gekste | |
definite | geke | gekere | gekste | |
partitive | geks | gekers | — |
Further reading
[edit]- “gek”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Wutunhua
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gek
References
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