weck
See also: Weck
English
Etymology
From German Weck, Wecken (“bread roll”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɛk/
Noun
weck (plural wecks)
- kummelweck bread
Derived terms
- beef on weck
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- wick (some dialects of Ripuarian, including Kölsch)
- weit (Moselle Franconian)
- wiet (westernmost Ripuarian)
Etymology
From Old High German (*)wīd, northern variant of wīt, from Proto-Germanic *wīdaz. The word underwent the regular Ripuarian velarisation -īd- → -igd- → -eg-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋek/
Adjective
weck (masculine wegge, feminine weck, comparative wegger, superlative et' weckste)
- (some dialects of Ripuarian) far; wide; distant
- Nemm et Auto, der Wääch es ze weck für ze loofe.
- Take the car, the distance is too far to walk.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛk/
Verb
weck
- second-person singular imperative of wecken
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Shortened from Middle High German enwec, from Old High German in weg. Compare German weg, Dutch weg, Norwegian Bokmål vekk.
Adverb
weck
- away