Geck

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Geck. === Proper noun === Geck (plural Gecks) A surname from German. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Geck is the 35096th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 642 individuals. Geck is most common among White (83.49%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Geck”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 25. == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle Low German geck (“fool”). The same word has later been borrowed again from Ripuarian as jeck (“crazy”) and Jeck (“fool; carnival reveler”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɛk/, [ɡɛkʰ] === Noun === Geck m (weak or strong, genitive Gecken or (uncommon, nonstandard) Gecks, plural Gecken or (uncommon, nonstandard) Gecke, diminutive Geckchen n) (derogatory, somewhat dated) dandy, fop, poser (vain, narcissistic man) Synonyms: Laffe, Stutzer, Zierbengel, (chiefly Austria, fashionable in the 1880s) Gigerl, (colloquial) Lackaffe, (colloquial, regional) Fatzke, (youth slang) Poser ==== Usage notes ==== The word can be declined according to the weak or the strong pattern. The weak declension is standard and is the only one mentioned in dictionaries. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Geckerei === Further reading === “Geck” in Duden online “Geck” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Geck” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. == Luxembourgish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡæk/ === Noun === Geck m (plural Gecken) (derogatory) madman, lunatic, maniac fool, crackpot