keck
Meaning
sassy; cheeky (bold and spirited)
Concepts
Synonyms
schmissig
siebengescheit
klugscheißerisch
redet wie ein Alter
weiß alles besser
ohne falsche Scham
unbescheiden
ungezwungen
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɛk/
Etymology
From Middle High German kec, Upper German form of quec, from Old High German quec, from Proto-West Germanic *kwiku, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”). The Central German form survives in Quecksilber and erquicken. From Low German stems the doublet quick (chiefly in quicklebendig). Cognate with Dutch kwiek, English quick; further with Latin vīvus, Russian живой (živoj).
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