dicke
See also: Dicke
German
Pronunciation
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Adjective
dicke
- inflection of dick:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch *thicki.
Adjective
dicke
- thick, fat
- thick, viscous (of a liquid)
- dense
- cloudy
Inflection
| Adjective | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | ||
| Nominative | Indefinite | dicke | dicke | dicke | dicke |
| Definite | dicke | dicke | |||
| Accusative | Indefinite | dicken | dicke | dicke | dicke |
| Definite | dicke | ||||
| Genitive | dics | dicker | dics | dicker | |
| Dative | dicken | dicker | dicken | dicken | |
Descendants
- Dutch: dik
- Afrikaans: dik
- Berbice Creole Dutch: deki
- Negerhollands: dik
- → Virgin Islands Creole: dik (archaic)
- → Aukan: deki
- → Papiamentu: diki, dek
- → Saramaccan: dégi (via Skepi Creole Dutch)
- → Sranan Tongo: deki
- Limburgish: diek
- Zealandic: dik
Etymology 2
From dicke + -e.
Noun
dicke f
- thickness
Inflection
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Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adverb
dicke
- thickly, compactly
- often
Alternative forms
- dicken
Further reading
- “dicke (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “dicke (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “dicke (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “dicke (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “dicke (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
Yola
Determiner
dicke
- Alternative form of dhicke (“this”)
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- Na dicke wye, nar dicka.
- Neither this way, nor that.
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References
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 34