Glick
English
editEtymology
editJewish and German surname, variant of Gluck.
Proper noun
editGlick (plural Glicks)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Glick is the 3506th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10196 individuals. Glick is most common among White (96.32%) individuals.
Bavarian
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German gelücke, glücke, probably from Old Dutch *gilukki, of uncertain ultimate origin, but perhaps related to Proto-West Germanic *lok (“shutter, lock”).
Cognates include German Glück, Dutch geluk, English luck, Danish lykke, Swedish lycka, Icelandic lukka.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editGlick n (no plural, diminutive Glickerl)
- happiness, joy, bliss (state or emotion)
- luck, success (mostly when seen as dependant on unearned, accidental factors)
- good luck, chance (positive coincidence)
- (only in specific contexts) luck, chance, coincidence in general, fate
Hyponyms
editDerived terms
editEast Central German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German gelücke, from Middle Low German gelucke, from Middle Dutch ghelucke, of uncertain ultimate origin, but perhaps related to Proto-West Germanic *lok (“shutter, lock”). Compare German Glück.
Noun
editGlick n
Further reading
edit- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 53:
Hunsrik
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German gelücke, from Middle Low German gelucke, from Middle Dutch ghelucke, of uncertain ultimate origin, but perhaps related to Proto-West Germanic *lok (“shutter, lock”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editGlick n
- happiness
- luck
- Er hod fiel Glick.
- He has a lot of luck.
- Du host Glick, dasst-du noch lebst.
- You're lucky to be alive.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Glick”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 68
Pennsylvania German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German gelücke, from Middle Low German gelucke, from Middle Dutch ghelucke, of uncertain ultimate origin, but perhaps related to Proto-West Germanic *lok (“shutter, lock”). Compare German Glück, Dutch geluk, English luck.
Noun
editGlick n
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- Bavarian terms derived from Old Dutch
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- East Central German terms inherited from Middle High German
- East Central German terms derived from Middle High German
- East Central German terms derived from Middle Low German
- East Central German terms derived from Middle Dutch
- East Central German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- East Central German lemmas
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- Erzgebirgisch
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Middle High German
- Hunsrik terms derived from Middle High German
- Hunsrik terms derived from Middle Low German
- Hunsrik terms derived from Middle Dutch
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- Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Middle High German
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Middle High German
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Middle Low German
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Pennsylvania German lemmas
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