Tschick

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cicca

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪk/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Tschick m or f (strong, genitive Tschicks or Tschick, plural Tschicks or Tschick)

  1. (Austria, colloquial) cigarette
    Synonyms: Kippe, Zigarette
    • 1974, Georg Danzer, “Der Tschik”:
      A so a Tschik hat a größeres Glück / wia unser ana, / weil uns braucht kana.
      Such a cigarette is more lucky than any of us, for no one needs us
  2. (Austria, colloquial) cigarette butt
    Synonym: Zigarettenstummel

Declension

Derived terms

  • Tschicker
  • tschicken

Descendants

  • Slovene: čȋk

Further reading

  • Tschick” in Duden online
  • Tschick” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache