Pocke

German edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

Pocke f (genitive Pocke, plural Pocken)

pock
(in the plural) pox, smallpox

Declension edit

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 edit

Blatter, Blattern (dated)

Hyponyms edit

See the derivatives at Pocken.

Derived terms edit

pockennarbig