"gek" meaning in Dutch

See gek in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɣɛk/ Audio: Nl-gek.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛk Etymology: From Middle Dutch geck (“madman”). Earlier origin uncertain, but perhaps from an imitative verb also found in Swedish gäcka (“to mock”). Cognate with German Geck, Jeck, English geek (see etymology there). Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|geck||madman}} Middle Dutch geck (“madman”), {{onomatopoeic|nl|title=imitative}} imitative, {{cog|sv|gäcka|t=to mock}} Swedish gäcka (“to mock”), {{cog|de|Geck}} German Geck, {{cog|en|geek}} English geek Head templates: {{nl-adj|gekker}} gek (comparative gekker, superlative gekst) Inflection templates: {{nl-decl-adj|gekke}} Forms: gekker [comparative], gekst [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], gek [adverbial, positive, predicative], gekker [adverbial, comparative, predicative], het gekst [adverbial, predicative, superlative], het gekste [adverbial, predicative, superlative], gekke [feminine, indefinite, masculine, positive, singular], gekkere [comparative, feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular], gekste [feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular, superlative], gek [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], gekker [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], gekste [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], gekke [indefinite, plural, positive], gekkere [comparative, indefinite, plural], gekste [indefinite, plural, superlative], gekke [definite, positive], gekkere [comparative, definite], gekste [definite, superlative], geks [partitive, positive], gekkers [comparative, partitive], - [partitive, superlative]
  1. crazy, mad
    Sense id: en-gek-nl-adj-u~2OnvzU
  2. ludicrous, farcical
    Sense id: en-gek-nl-adj-3Iatgju3
  3. silly, playful
    Sense id: en-gek-nl-adj-F8IyizHk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gekkig, getikt, gestoord, lijp, waus, zot Derived forms: gekkerd, gekkig, gekmakend, gekscheren, knettergek, stapelgek, zo gek als een deur, zo gek als een ui

Noun

IPA: /ɣɛk/ Audio: Nl-gek.ogg Forms: gekken [plural], gekje [diminutive, neuter], gekkin [feminine]
Rhymes: -ɛk Etymology: From Middle Dutch geck (“madman”). Earlier origin uncertain, but perhaps from an imitative verb also found in Swedish gäcka (“to mock”). Cognate with German Geck, Jeck, English geek (see etymology there). Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|geck||madman}} Middle Dutch geck (“madman”), {{onomatopoeic|nl|title=imitative}} imitative, {{cog|sv|gäcka|t=to mock}} Swedish gäcka (“to mock”), {{cog|de|Geck}} German Geck, {{cog|en|geek}} English geek Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-en|+|f=gekkin}} gek m (plural gekken, diminutive gekje n, feminine gekkin)
  1. (male) lunatic, madman Tags: masculine Synonyms: mesjoggene, waanzinnige
    Sense id: en-gek-nl-noun-X-PVjSAa
  2. cowl (on a chimney) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-gek-nl-noun-xGdbFCd5 Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch links with redundant wikilinks, Dutch onomatopoeias, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 7 18 65 Disambiguation of Dutch links with redundant wikilinks: 3 3 3 10 82 Disambiguation of Dutch onomatopoeias: 0 0 0 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 0 0 0 9 54 0 0 0 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 0 10 54 0 0 0 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dorpsgek, luchtvaartgek, voor gek staan

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gekkerd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gekkig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gekmakend"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gekscheren"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "knettergek"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "stapelgek"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "zo gek als een deur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "zo gek als een ui"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "gek"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: gek",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: gek"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dcr",
            "2": "gek",
            "3": "gik"
          },
          "expansion": "Negerhollands: gek, gik",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Negerhollands: gek, gik"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "geck",
        "4": "",
        "5": "madman"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch geck (“madman”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "title": "imitative"
      },
      "expansion": "imitative",
      "name": "onomatopoeic"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gäcka",
        "t": "to mock"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish gäcka (“to mock”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Geck"
      },
      "expansion": "German Geck",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "geek"
      },
      "expansion": "English geek",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch geck (“madman”). Earlier origin uncertain, but perhaps from an imitative verb also found in Swedish gäcka (“to mock”).\nCognate with German Geck, Jeck, English geek (see etymology there).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gekker",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekst",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nl-decl-adj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gek",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "positive",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekker",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "comparative",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "het gekst",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "het gekste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekkere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gek",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekker",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekkere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekkere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekkers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gekker"
      },
      "expansion": "gek (comparative gekker, superlative gekst)",
      "name": "nl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "gek"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gekke"
      },
      "name": "nl-decl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "You make me crazy.",
          "text": "Je maakt me gek.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "crazy, mad"
      ],
      "id": "en-gek-nl-adj-u~2OnvzU",
      "links": [
        [
          "crazy",
          "crazy"
        ],
        [
          "mad",
          "mad"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ludicrous, farcical"
      ],
      "id": "en-gek-nl-adj-3Iatgju3",
      "links": [
        [
          "ludicrous",
          "ludicrous"
        ],
        [
          "farcical",
          "farcical"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "silly, playful"
      ],
      "id": "en-gek-nl-adj-F8IyizHk",
      "links": [
        [
          "silly",
          "silly"
        ],
        [
          "playful",
          "playful"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɣɛk/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-gek.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f2/Nl-gek.ogg/Nl-gek.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Nl-gek.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛk"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gekkig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "getikt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gestoord"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lijp"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "waus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "zot"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gek"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dorpsgek"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "luchtvaartgek"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "voor gek staan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "gek"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: gek",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: gek"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "geck",
        "4": "",
        "5": "madman"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch geck (“madman”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "title": "imitative"
      },
      "expansion": "imitative",
      "name": "onomatopoeic"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gäcka",
        "t": "to mock"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish gäcka (“to mock”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Geck"
      },
      "expansion": "German Geck",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "geek"
      },
      "expansion": "English geek",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch geck (“madman”). Earlier origin uncertain, but perhaps from an imitative verb also found in Swedish gäcka (“to mock”).\nCognate with German Geck, Jeck, English geek (see etymology there).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gekken",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekkin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "+",
        "f": "gekkin"
      },
      "expansion": "gek m (plural gekken, diminutive gekje n, feminine gekkin)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "gek"
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lunatic, madman"
      ],
      "id": "en-gek-nl-noun-X-PVjSAa",
      "links": [
        [
          "lunatic",
          "lunatic"
        ],
        [
          "madman",
          "madman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(male) lunatic, madman"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mesjoggene"
        },
        {
          "word": "waanzinnige"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 5 7 18 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 3 10 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 0 15 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 0 9 54 0 0 0 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 0 10 54 0 0 0 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cowl (on a chimney)"
      ],
      "id": "en-gek-nl-noun-xGdbFCd5",
      "links": [
        [
          "cowl",
          "cowl"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɣɛk/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-gek.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f2/Nl-gek.ogg/Nl-gek.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Nl-gek.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gek"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Dutch adjectives",
    "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Dutch masculine nouns",
    "Dutch nouns",
    "Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
    "Dutch onomatopoeias",
    "Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɛk",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɛk/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "gekkerd"
    },
    {
      "word": "gekkig"
    },
    {
      "word": "gekmakend"
    },
    {
      "word": "gekscheren"
    },
    {
      "word": "knettergek"
    },
    {
      "word": "stapelgek"
    },
    {
      "word": "zo gek als een deur"
    },
    {
      "word": "zo gek als een ui"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
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          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: gek",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
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      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dcr",
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            "3": "gik"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Negerhollands: gek, gik"
    }
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "geck",
        "4": "",
        "5": "madman"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch geck (“madman”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "title": "imitative"
      },
      "expansion": "imitative",
      "name": "onomatopoeic"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gäcka",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gekker",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekst",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nl-decl-adj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gek",
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      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "positive",
        "predicative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "gekker",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "comparative",
        "predicative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "het gekst",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "het gekste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekkere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gek",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekker",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekkere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekkere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekkers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "gekker"
      },
      "expansion": "gek (comparative gekker, superlative gekst)",
      "name": "nl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "gek"
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "gekke"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "You make me crazy.",
          "text": "Je maakt me gek.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "crazy, mad"
      ],
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          "crazy",
          "crazy"
        ],
        [
          "mad",
          "mad"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ludicrous, farcical"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ludicrous",
          "ludicrous"
        ],
        [
          "farcical",
          "farcical"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "silly, playful"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "silly",
          "silly"
        ],
        [
          "playful",
          "playful"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɣɛk/"
    },
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      "audio": "Nl-gek.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f2/Nl-gek.ogg/Nl-gek.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Nl-gek.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛk"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "gekkig"
    },
    {
      "word": "getikt"
    },
    {
      "word": "gestoord"
    },
    {
      "word": "lijp"
    },
    {
      "word": "waus"
    },
    {
      "word": "zot"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gek"
}

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    "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Dutch masculine nouns",
    "Dutch nouns",
    "Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
    "Dutch onomatopoeias",
    "Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɛk",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɛk/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dorpsgek"
    },
    {
      "word": "luchtvaartgek"
    },
    {
      "word": "voor gek staan"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "gek"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: gek",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
  ],
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        "2": "dum",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "madman"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "onomatopoeic"
    },
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      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Geck"
      },
      "expansion": "German Geck",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "geek"
      },
      "expansion": "English geek",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gekken",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekkin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "+",
        "f": "gekkin"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "gek"
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lunatic, madman"
      ],
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        [
          "lunatic",
          "lunatic"
        ],
        [
          "madman",
          "madman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(male) lunatic, madman"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mesjoggene"
        },
        {
          "word": "waanzinnige"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cowl (on a chimney)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cowl",
          "cowl"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɣɛk/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-gek.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f2/Nl-gek.ogg/Nl-gek.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Nl-gek.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gek"
}

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