Masculine
Geck
Meaning
dandy, fop, poser (vain, narcissistic man)
Concepts
Synonyms
Modenarr
feiner Pinkel
Adonis
eitle Person
stutzerhaft
eitler Pfau
Pomadenhengst
Schicki
lackierter Affe
geckenhaft
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
fitzer
Basel-Landschaft
gaggelaari
Basel-Landschaft
gschwälli
Basel-Landschaft
megg
Basel-Landschaft
schnaizlimygger
Basel-Landschaft
stänz
Basel-Landschaft
stenz
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡɛk/
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German geck (“fool”). The same word has later been borrowed again from Ripuarian as jeck (“crazy”) and Jeck (“fool; carnival reveler”).
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