"Wicke" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvɪkə/
Etymology: From Middle High German wicke, from Old High German wicka, from Proto-West Germanic *wikkjā. The sense of a worthless item derives from the opposition to cereal plants; now “Wicke” is rather praised as an ornamental plant. The idiom “in die Wicken gehen”, not to be tracked further than the nineteenth century and still rather rare, is less common with this noun than with Binsen and derives either from that old antithesis or from the idea of hunted game being lost when it has alighted in the plants. With other verbs it is only transferred. Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|la}}, {{inh|de|gmh|wicke}} Middle High German wicke, {{inh|de|goh|wicka}} Old High German wicka, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*wikkjā}} Proto-West Germanic *wikkjā, {{m|de|Binse|Binsen}} Binsen Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Wicke f (genitive Wicke, plural Wicken) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Wicke [genitive], Wicken [plural], Wicke [nominative, singular], Wicken [definite, nominative, plural], Wicke [genitive, singular], Wicken [definite, genitive, plural], Wicke [dative, singular], Wicken [dative, definite, plural], Wicke [accusative, singular], Wicken [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. vetch (Vicia gen. et spp.) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Wicke-de-noun-DCIOtJ9y Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 37 14 38 11
  2. (obsolete) something worthless, a bugger Tags: feminine, obsolete
    Sense id: en-Wicke-de-noun-pkAGU6UL Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 37 14 38 11
  3. (regional, colloquial) state of failure, wreckedness, only in the following constructions: Tags: colloquial, feminine, regional
    Sense id: en-Wicke-de-noun-tiPcbQc3 Categories (other): Regional German, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 37 14 38 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Beilwicke, Kronwicke
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈvɪkə/
Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Wicke f (genitive Wicke, plural Wicken) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Wicke [genitive], Wicken [plural], Wicke [nominative, singular], Wicken [definite, nominative, plural], Wicke [genitive, singular], Wicken [definite, genitive, plural], Wicke [dative, singular], Wicken [dative, definite, plural], Wicke [accusative, singular], Wicken [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. alternative form of Wieche Tags: alt-of, alternative, feminine Alternative form of: Wieche
    Sense id: en-Wicke-de-noun-TAXD-2mF Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 37 14 38 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɪkə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Wicke"
}

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