icke

• ick (conjunctive)

Borrowed from Low German ick, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪkə/

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icke (emphatic, disjunctive)

1. (regional, Berlin) I, me

   Als wie icke?

   Do you mean me?

icke

1. (poetic) alternative form of ic

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪkˌɛ/, [ˈî̝k̟ʰːɛ̠̂]

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icke (not comparable)

1. (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)

icke n (uncountable)

1. (logic) the Boolean function "not"

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