"Gecko" meaning in German

See Gecko in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɛko/ Audio: De-Gecko.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch gekko, further possibly from Malay [Term?] or Acehnese [Term?]. Compare English gecko for more. Etymology templates: {{bor+|de|nl|gekko}} Borrowed from Dutch gekko, {{der|de|ms}} Malay [Term?], {{der|de|ace}} Acehnese [Term?], {{cog|en|gecko}} English gecko Head templates: {{de-noun|m,,s:nen}} Gecko m (strong, genitive Geckos, plural Geckos or Geckonen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,,s:nen}} Forms: Geckos [genitive], Geckos [plural], Geckonen [plural], strong [table-tags], Gecko [nominative, singular], Geckos [definite, nominative, plural], Geckonen [definite, nominative, plural], Geckos [genitive, singular], Geckos [definite, genitive, plural], Geckonen [definite, genitive, plural], Gecko [dative, singular], Geckos [dative, definite, plural], Geckonen [dative, definite, plural], Gecko [accusative, singular], Geckos [accusative, definite, plural], Geckonen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (zoology) gecko Tags: masculine, strong Hypernyms: Schuppenkriechtier
    Sense id: en-Gecko-de-noun-sLI4Ayef Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Geckos, Zoology Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology Hyponyms: Blattschwanzgecko, Dünnfingergecko, Faltengecko, Fuchsgesichtsgecko, Goldgecko, Goldstaub-Taggecko, Großkopfgecko, Grüner Baumgecko, Halbfingergecko, Hausgecko, Helmgecko, Jungferngecko, Knopfschwanzgecko, Krallengecko, Kronengecko, Kugelfingergecko, Lamellengecko, Leopardgecko, Madagaskar–Taggecko, Marmorgecko, Mauergecko, Nacktfingergecko, Pfauenaugen-Taggecko, Rübenschwanz–Viperngecko, Schuppenfingergecko, Spinnengecko, Streifen-Taggecko, Taggecko, Wundergecko Derived forms: Geckoart, Geckoexperte, Geckofreund, Geckohalter, Geckohaltung, Geckomännchen, Geckopärchen, Geckoterrarium, Geckoweibchen, Geckozucht, Geckozüchter

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-11 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-02-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 59dc20b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.