icke

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See also: Icke

German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • ick (conjunctive)

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪkə/
  • (file)

Pronoun[edit]

icke (disjunctive)

  1. (Berlin) I, me
    Als wie icke?
    Do you mean me?

Middle Dutch[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

icke

  1. (poetic) Alternative form of ic

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish ækki, ække, ikke, originally the nominative neuter of ængin (no one, nobody). Related to Danish ikke, Norwegian Bokmål ikke and Norwegian Nynorsk ikkje.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪkˌɛ/, [ˈî̝k̟ʰːɛ̠̂]
  • (file)

Adverb[edit]

icke (not comparable)

  1. (slightly formal or dated outside compounds) not; negation of the verb in a sentence.
    Synonyms: inte, (formal, poetic) ej
    Jag trodde det skulle finnas glass kvar i frysen, men icke
    I thought there would be ice cream left in the freezer, but no (somewhat jocular formality – inte is unidiomatic here)

Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

icke n (uncountable)

  1. (logic) the Boolean function "not"

Declension[edit]

Declension of icke 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative icke icket
Genitive ickes ickets

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