Geck

geck English Etymology Borrowed from en de Geck. Proper noun s en German. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Geck is the 35096th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 642 individuals. Geck is most common among White (83.49%) individuals. Further reading German Etymology de gml geck fool. The same word has later been borrowed again from Ripuarian as de jeck crazy and de Jeck fool; carnival reveler. Pronunciation de /ɡɛk/ [ɡɛkʰ] de De-Geck.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun ((<m.weak>,<m.[uncommon, nonstandard]>)) chen de pejorative somewhat dated dandy, fop, poser vain, narcissistic man de Laffe Stutzer Zierbengel Gigerl<q:chiefly Austria, fashionable in the 1880s> Lackaffe<q:colloquial> Fatzke<q:colloquial, regional> Poser<q:youth slang> 1 2 Ich versichre dich, Hippias, meine Geduld reicht nicht mehr zu, alle Torheiten dieser abgeschmackten Gecken auszustehen, welche die Sprache der Empfindung reden wollen und nichts fühlen; Usage notes The word can be declined according to the weak or the strong pattern. The weak declension is standard and is the only one mentioned in dictionaries. Declension ((<m.weak>,<m.[uncommon, nonstandard]>)) Derived terms de Geckerei Further reading Luxembourgish Pronunciation lb /ɡæk/ Noun m lb pejorative madman, lunatic, maniac fool, crackpot