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Jeck
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jeck
German
Etymology
Nominalisation of the adjective de jeck crazy. The word is the same as de Geck dandy and is a de gmw-cfr - (Ripuarian) form of it. Cognate to nl gek crazy.
Pronunciation
de /jɛk/
de De-Jeck.ogg
de De-Jeck2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
((<m.weak>,<m,s,en.[nonstandard but common]>))
de regional carnival reveler participant in a carnival event or party
de Die Jecken ziehen wieder durch die Straßen. Carnival revelers are parading through the streets again.
de regional colloquial in the Rhineland madman, fool
de Den Jeck kann doch keiner mehr ernstnehmen. That madman can't be taken seriously by anyone anymore.
Usage notes
Sense 1 is now commonly seen in standard usage even beyond the Rhineland. The more original sense 2 remains dialectal.
Declension
((<m.weak>,<m,s,en.[nonstandard but common]>))
Synonyms
de Narr
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