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German
Etymology
Nominalisation of the adjective jeck (“crazy”). The word is the same as Geck (“dandy”) and is a Central Franconian (Ripuarian) form of it. Cognate to Dutch gek (“crazy”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Jeck m (weak or mixed, genitive Jecken or (nonstandard but common) Jecks, plural Jecken)
- (regional) carnival reveler (participant in a carnival event or party)
Die Jecken ziehen wieder durch die Straßen.- Carnival revelers are parading through the streets again.
- (regional, colloquial, in the Rhineland) madman, fool
Den Jeck kann doch keiner mehr ernstnehmen.- That madman can't be taken seriously by anyone anymore.
Usage notes
Sense 1 is now commonly seen in standard usage even beyond the Rhineland. The more original sense 2 remains dialectal.
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