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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Low German ick, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
icke (emphatic, disjunctive)
- (regional, Berlin) I, me
Als wie icke?- Do you mean me?
Middle Dutch
Pronoun
icke
- (poetic) Alternative form of ic
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish ækki, ække, ikke, originally the nominative neuter of ængin (“no one, nobody”). Related to Danish ikke, Norwegian Bokmål ikke and Norwegian Nynorsk ikkje.
Pronunciation
Adverb
icke (not comparable)
- (slightly formal or dated outside compounds) not; negation of the verb in a sentence.
- Synonyms: inte, (formal, poetic) ej
Jag trodde det skulle finnas glass kvar i frysen, men icke- I thought there would be ice cream left in the freezer, but no (somewhat jocular formality – inte is unidiomatic here)
Derived terms
Noun
icke n (uncountable)
- (logic) the Boolean function "not"
Declension
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