Fick

See also: fick

English

Etymology

• As a North/Low German surname, from a pet form of the name Friedrich.
• As an English surname, perhaps from an adjective meaning "to move quickly," see the verbs fidge, fig. Compare Figg.
• Alternatively as an English surname, from a nickname derived from Old English gefic (“deceitful”), compare the adjective fickle. See Ficker.
• As an English surname of Norman origin, from Old French fike, a northern variant of fiche (“pointed implement”), presumably related to the verb ficher (“to drive in”). See Fitch.

Proper noun

Fick (plural Ficks)

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• Fick principle

 

East Central German

Etymology

Compare Low German Fick.

Noun

Fick (plural Fickn)

1. (Erzgebirgisch) bag
2. (Erzgebirgisch) pocket

   Endlich faand 'r 'n hinner 'n Backhaus ganz uhm off enn sauern Kerschbaam sitzn, wu 'r sich tull un vull froß un de Fickn vollstoppet.

   At last he found him sitting behind the bakery at the top of a sour cherry tree, eating his fill and filling his pockets.

Further reading

• Alte und neue Gedichte und Geschichten in erzgebirgischer Mundart, 12. Heft., P. 38
• Pfarrer Wild'sche und einige andre Gedichte. Der Gedichte und Geschichten in erzgebirgischer Mundart Dreizehntes Heft. Annaberg, 1896, p. 23

German

Etymology

See ficken (“to fuck”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪk/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪk

Noun

Fick m (strong, genitive Ficks, plural Ficks)

1. (vulgar) fuck (sexual act)

   Das war ein guter Fick! ― That was a good fuck!

   • 1975, “Heut' Nacht”, in Wenn die Nacht am tiefsten…, performed by Ton Steine Scherben:

     Nee, ich will dich nicht ketten, will keinen kurzen Fick / Will nicht Chef sein und nicht Sklave, ich such 'n anderes Glück

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1984, Jörg Fauser, chapter 17, in Rohstoff, Berlin: Alexander Verlag, →ISBN, page 73:

     Ich habe diesen Typen nie über den Weg getraut. Sie waren alle nur hinter billigen Ficks her, besonders die, die es ständig mit dem Bewußtsein hatten. Om.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (vulgar) fuck (sexual partner)

   Synonym: Fickpartner

   Er war ein guter Fick. ― He was a good fuck.

Declension

Declension of Fick [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Fick	die	Ficks
genitive	eines	des	Ficks	der	Ficks
dative	einem	dem	Fick	den	Ficks
accusative	einen	den	Fick	die	Ficks

Further reading

• “Fick” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Fick” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Fick” in Duden online

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German vak, from Old Saxon fac, from Proto-West Germanic *fak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪk/

Noun

Fick f (plural Ficken)

1. A pocket

   Dor grep he dat Kniw in sine Fick.

   Then he reached for the knife in his pocket.