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ick

ick

See also: -ick

English

Interjection

ick!

  1. An exclamation of disgust
    Lizzie grabbed a frog out of the lake and put it in her hair! Ick!
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Etymology 2

Back-formation from icky.

Noun

ick (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Something distasteful.

Etymology 3

Noun

ick (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of ich (fish disease)

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Low German ick, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪk/

Pronoun

ick (conjunctive)

  1. (Berlin) I
    Ick liebe dir!
    I love you!

Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Low German ik, from Old Saxon ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪk/

Pronoun

ick

  1. I (first person singular pronoun)
    ick schreev di en Breef
    I wrote you a letter
    Ick keem, ick seeg, ick wunn
    I came, I saw, I conquered. (veni, vidi, vici, attributed to Julius Caesar.)

Related terms

  • mien (possessive: my, mine); mi (dative (also generally used in place of the accusative): me); wi (plural: we)