gek

gek

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Gerka.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Gerka terms

gek

1. ergative indefinite of ge

From Middle Dutch geck (“madman”). Earlier origin uncertain, but perhaps from an imitative verb also found in Swedish gäcka (“to mock”).^[1]

Cognate with German Geck, Jeck, English geek (see etymology there).

• IPA^(key): /ɣɛk/

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• Hyphenation: gek
• Rhymes: -ɛk

gek (comparative gekker, superlative gekst)

1. crazy, mad

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:gek

   Je maakt me gek. ― You make me crazy.

2. ludicrous, farcical
3. silly, playful

• Afrikaans: gek
• Negerhollands: gek, gik

gek m (plural gekken, diminutive gekje n, feminine gekkin)

1. (male) lunatic, madman

   Synonyms: gestoorde c, malloot c, (Belgium) zot c, halvegare c, krankzinnige c, mesjoggene c, waanzinnige c; (all Southern Dutch:) koekert c, koekwaus c

2. cowl (on a chimney)

• Afrikaans: gek
• English: geck (archaic)

Cognate with Dutch gek, German geck.

gek

1. senseless
2. angry, indignant
3. foolish
4. entertaining

• “gek”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

From Mandarin 狗 (gǒu).

• IPA^(key): [kɘˠ]

gek

1. dog

   Synonym: haba

• Erika Sandman (2016), A Grammar of Wutun‎^[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN