kicke
Central Franconian edit
Etymology edit
Unshifted relict from Proto-Germanic *kīkaną; compare Aap, deep, söke. Whether the shortening of the vowel is regular is difficult to decide because -īk- does not otherwise occur in High German. However, it seems likely as the same shortening happens before other velars; compare schwijje, rich, from Middle High German swīgen, rīche.
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Verb edit
kicke (third-person singular present kick, past tense keck, past participle jekecke or jekick)
- (Ripuarian) to look
- Synonym: luure
- 1956, “De Retematäng”[1]performed by Jupp Schäfers:
- Wat heeß dat dann schon, „Klein-Paris“? Die Kö, die es eso jroß!
Un wä et naachs jot kicke kann, dä süht, do es jet los.- What does it mean anyway, “Little Paris”? The Königsallee is so big!
And whoever can look well at night, sees there's a lot going on.
- What does it mean anyway, “Little Paris”? The Königsallee is so big!
Usage notes edit
- The verb is present throughout Ripuarian, but is more frequent in northern and western dialects.
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kicke
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kicke
- inflection of kicken:
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kicke
- inflection of kickar: