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== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪk/ Rhymes: -ɪk === Etymology 1 === Probably imitative. First use appears c. 1942. ==== Interjection ==== ick An exclamation of disgust. ===== Synonyms ===== ew ugh yuck ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== icky === Etymology 2 === Back-formation from icky. ==== Noun ==== ick (countable and uncountable, plural icks) (informal, uncountable) Something distasteful or physically unpleasant to touch. (informal) A feeling of revulsion. to have the ick (slang) Anything moaned about; a gripe. ==== Adjective ==== ick (informal) Icky; distasteful or unpleasant. ==== Derived terms ==== ick factor === Etymology 3 === Probably a pronunciation spelling, but no doubt influenced by the other etymologies and distaste for the disease. ==== Noun ==== ick (uncountable) Alternative form of ich (“fish disease”). === Anagrams === CKI == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Pronoun === ick alternative form of ik: I == German == === Alternative forms === ik icke (disjunctive) === Etymology === Borrowed from Low German ick, ik. Doublet of ich. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪk/ === Pronoun === ick (conjunctive) (regional, Berlin) I ==== Usage notes ==== Also used by Johann Christian Trömer alias Jean Chrêtien Toucement, who wrote in a mixture of French and German, like how a French would (mis-)pronounce German. ==== See also ==== ich === References === == Low German == === Alternative forms === ik ek, eck Ravensbergisch: eck, ek (used besides ick) Münsterländisch: -k (enclitic; used besides ick) === Etymology === From Middle Low German ik, from Old Saxon ik, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪk/ === Pronoun === ick I (first person singular pronoun) ick schreev di en Breef I wrote you a letter Ick keem, ick seeg, ick wunn I came, I saw, I conquered. (veni, vidi, vici, attributed to Julius Caesar.) ==== Declension ==== In the dialect of Fritz Reuter: ==== Related terms ==== mien (possessive: my, mine) sick (reflexive, for the 3rd person) Possessive pronouns in the dialect of Fritz Reuter: === References === == Middle English == === Pronoun === ick alternative form of I == North Frisian == === Pronoun === ick alternative form of ik