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English
Etymology
From German Weck, Wecken (“bread roll”).
Pronunciation
Noun
weck (plural wecks)
- Kummelweck bread.
Derived terms
Central Franconian
Etymology 1
From Old High German (*)wīd, northern variant of wīt, from Proto-Germanic *wīdaz. The word underwent the regular Ripuarian velarisation -īd- → -igd- → -eg-.
Pronunciation
Adjective
weck (masculine wegge, feminine and plural weck or wegge, comparative wegger, superlative et weckste)
- (most of Ripuarian) far, wide, distant
Nemm et Auto, der Wääch es ze weck für ze loofe.- Take the car, the distance is too far to walk.
- wick (Kölsch), wiet (western and northernmost Ripuarian)
- witt (Siegerland, otherwise scattered compromise form)
- weit (most of Moselle Franconian)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
weck
- inflection of wecke:
- singular imperative
- third-person singular present
German
Pronunciation
Verb
weck
- singular imperative of wecken
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Shortened from Middle High German enwec, from Old High German in weg. Compare German weg, Dutch weg, Norwegian Bokmål vekk.
Adverb
weck
- away