dicke

English Online Dictionary. What means dicke‎? What does dicke mean?

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪkə/
• Hyphenation: di‧cke; pre-1996: dik‧ke

Adjective

dicke

1. inflection of dick:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Adverb

dicke

1. (colloquial) amply, sufficiently
2. (colloquial, as an answer) absolutely, for sure

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *thicki.

Adjective

dicke

1. thick, fat
2. thick, viscous (of a liquid)
3. dense
4. cloudy

Inflection

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

1. thickness

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

dicke

1. thickly, compactly
2. 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

1. Alternative form of dhicke (“this”)

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, published 1867, page 34