dicke

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɪkə/ Hyphenation: di‧cke; pre-1996: dik‧ke === Adjective === dicke inflection of dick: strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular strong nominative/accusative plural weak nominative all-gender singular weak accusative feminine/neuter singular === Adverb === dicke (colloquial) amply, sufficiently (colloquial, as an answer) absolutely, for sure == Middle Dutch == === Etymology 1 === From Old Dutch *thicki. ==== Adjective ==== dicke thick, fat thick, viscous (of a liquid) dense cloudy ===== Inflection ===== ===== Descendants ===== Dutch: dikAfrikaans: dikBerbice Creole Dutch: dekiNegerhollands: dik→ Virgin Islands Creole: dik (archaic)→ Aukan: deki→ Papiamentu: diki, dek→ Saramaccan: dégi (via Skepi Creole Dutch)→ Sranan Tongo: deki Limburgish: diek West Frisian: dik Zealandic: dik === Etymology 2 === From dicke +‎ -e. ==== Noun ==== dicke f thickness ===== Inflection ===== === Etymology 3 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Adverb ==== dicke thickly, compactly 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 == Yola == === Determiner === dicke alternative form of dhicke (“this”) 1867, “GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY“, page 34: === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 34, &c.