dicke

See also: Dicke

German

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

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Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *thicki, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz.

Adjective

dicke

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

Inflection

Adjective
		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	Indefinite	dicke	dicke	dicke	dicke
	Definite	dicke		dicke
Accusative	Indefinite	dicken	dicke	dicke	dicke
	Definite			dicke
Genitive		dics	dicker	dics	dicker
Dative		dicken	dicker	dicken	dicken

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