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
Translations
dandy
petimetre
dandy
bellimbusto
janotaDialects
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
In summary
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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