Pocke

German

Etymology

16th century, from Middle Low German pocke, from Proto-Germanic *pukkǭ, *pukkaz (“pock, swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bʰew- (“to grow, swell”).

Cognate with Dutch pok, English pock. Displaced the variants Poche, Pfoche, which may go back to related Proto-Germanic *pukô, but are perhaps merely inadequate adaptations of the Low German form. The native High German word for “pock” is Blatter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔkə/
• Hyphenation: Po‧cke

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Noun

Pocke f (genitive Pocke, plural Pocken)

1. pock
2. (in the plural) pox, smallpox

Declension

Declension of Pocke [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Pocke	die	Pocken
genitive	einer	der	Pocke	der	Pocken
dative	einer	der	Pocke	den	Pocken
accusative	eine	die	Pocke	die	Pocken

Synonyms

• Blatter, Blattern (dated)

Hyponyms

See the derivatives at Pocken.

Derived terms

• pockennarbig

Further reading

• “Pocke” in Duden online
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.