icke

• ick (conjunctive)

Borrowed from Low German ick, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪkə/

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icke (disjunctive)

1. (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 and Norwegian Bokmål ikke.

• 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 sa Nicke
• icke-vara

icke n (uncountable)

1. (logic) the Boolean function "not"

• icke in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• icke in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• icke in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)