döcks

See also: docks and Docks

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• duks (Veldeke spelling)
• döks (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling)
• däcks, decks, däck, deck, döck
• dékk (Eupen)

Etymology

Adverbial form of older dicke (“often, thick”) (thus a doublet of dick (“thick, fat”)) suffixed with -s (adverb-forming suffix), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz. Compare Luxembourgish dacks, Kölsch döckes (“much, a lot”), Palatine German deck, Dutch dikwijls.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /døks/, /dœks/
• Rhymes: -øks, -œks

Adverb

döcks (comparative döckser) (German-based spelling)

1. often; frequently