"Zicke" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡sɪkə/ Audio: De-Zicke.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: From Middle High German zickīn, from Old High German zickīn (“kid”), from Proto-West Germanic *tikkīn. Cognate with English tick (“goat”). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|zickīn}} Middle High German zickīn, {{inh|de|goh|zickīn|t=kid}} Old High German zickīn (“kid”), {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*tikkīn}} Proto-West Germanic *tikkīn, {{cog|en|tick|id=goat|t=goat}} English tick (“goat”) Head templates: {{de-noun|f|dim=lein}} Zicke f (genitive Zicke, plural Zicken, diminutive Zicklein n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Zicke [genitive], Zicken [plural], Zicklein [diminutive, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], Zicke [nominative, singular], Zicken [definite, nominative, plural], Zicke [genitive, singular], Zicken [definite, genitive, plural], Zicke [dative, singular], Zicken [dative, definite, plural], Zicke [accusative, singular], Zicken [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. she-goat, nanny goat Tags: feminine Synonyms: Geiß, Ziege
    Sense id: en-Zicke-de-noun-5J6-AwBW Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Goats Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 36 Disambiguation of Goats: 91 9
  2. (informal, derogatory) a touchy, fractious or difficult person (usually, but not necessarily, female) Tags: derogatory, feminine, informal
    Sense id: en-Zicke-de-noun-e~S23mEn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: rumzicken [verb], zickig [adjective], Zickenalarm, Zimtzicke Related terms: Ricke, Ziege

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "rumzicken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "zickig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Zickenalarm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Zimtzicke"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "zickīn",
      "zickin#Middle_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "zickīn",
      "zickin#Old_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "*tikkīn",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tikkīn"
    ],
    [
      "tick",
      "tick#English:_goat"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "zickīn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German zickīn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "zickīn",
        "t": "kid"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German zickīn (“kid”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*tikkīn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *tikkīn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tick",
        "id": "goat",
        "t": "goat"
      },
      "expansion": "English tick (“goat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German zickīn, from Old High German zickīn (“kid”), from Proto-West Germanic *tikkīn. Cognate with English tick (“goat”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Zicke",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zicken",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zicklein",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zicke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zicken",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zicke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zicken",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zicke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zicken",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zicke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zicken",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "dim": "lein"
      },
      "expansion": "Zicke f (genitive Zicke, plural Zicken, diminutive Zicklein n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Zi",
        "cke"
      ]
    },
    {
      "parts": [
        "Zik",
        "ke"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ricke"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ziege"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "64 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "64 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Goats",
          "orig": "de:Goats",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "she-goat, nanny goat"
      ],
      "id": "en-Zicke-de-noun-5J6-AwBW",
      "links": [
        [
          "she-goat",
          "she-goat"
        ],
        [
          "nanny goat",
          "nanny goat"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Geiß"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ziege"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "a touchy, fractious or difficult person (usually, but not necessarily, female)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Zicke-de-noun-e~S23mEn",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "touchy",
          "touchy"
        ],
        [
          "fractious",
          "fractious"
        ],
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, derogatory) a touchy, fractious or difficult person (usually, but not necessarily, female)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "feminine",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡sɪkə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Zicke.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/De-Zicke.ogg/De-Zicke.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/De-Zicke.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Zicke"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German feminine nouns",
    "German lemmas",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "de:Goats"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "rumzicken"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "zickig"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zickenalarm"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zimtzicke"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "zickīn",
      "zickin#Middle_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "zickīn",
      "zickin#Old_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "*tikkīn",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tikkīn"
    ],
    [
      "tick",
      "tick#English:_goat"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "zickīn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German zickīn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "zickīn",
        "t": "kid"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German zickīn (“kid”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*tikkīn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *tikkīn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tick",
        "id": "goat",
        "t": "goat"
      },
      "expansion": "English tick (“goat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German zickīn, from Old High German zickīn (“kid”), from Proto-West Germanic *tikkīn. Cognate with English tick (“goat”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Zicke",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zicken",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zicklein",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zicke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zicken",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zicke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zicken",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zicke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zicken",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zicke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zicken",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "dim": "lein"
      },
      "expansion": "Zicke f (genitive Zicke, plural Zicken, diminutive Zicklein n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Zi",
        "cke"
      ]
    },
    {
      "parts": [
        "Zik",
        "ke"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Ricke"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ziege"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "she-goat, nanny goat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "she-goat",
          "she-goat"
        ],
        [
          "nanny goat",
          "nanny goat"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Geiß"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ziege"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German derogatory terms",
        "German informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a touchy, fractious or difficult person (usually, but not necessarily, female)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "touchy",
          "touchy"
        ],
        [
          "fractious",
          "fractious"
        ],
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, derogatory) a touchy, fractious or difficult person (usually, but not necessarily, female)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "feminine",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡sɪkə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Zicke.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/De-Zicke.ogg/De-Zicke.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/De-Zicke.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Zicke"
}

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