English

Interjection

ick!

1. An exclamation of disgust

   Lizzie grabbed a frog out of the lake and put it in her hair! Ick!

Synonyms

• ew
• ugh
• yuck

Related terms

• icky

Etymology 2

Back-formation from icky.

Noun

ick ‎(uncountable)

1. (informal) Something distasteful.

Etymology 3

Noun

ick ‎(uncountable)

1. Alternative form of ich (fish disease)

German

Alternative forms

• icke (disjunctive)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪk/

Pronoun

ick ‎(conjunctive)

1. (Berlin) I

   Ick liebe dir!‎

   I love you!

Low German

Alternative forms

• ik
• ek, eck

Etymology

From Middle Low German ik, from Old Saxon ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪk/

Pronoun

ick

1. I (first person singular pronoun)

   ick schreev di en Breef

   I wrote you a letter

   Ick keem, ick seeg, ick wunn

   I came, I saw, I conquered. (veni, vidi, vici, attributed to Julius Caesar.)

Related terms

• mien (possessive: my, mine); mi (dative (also generally used in place of the accusative): me); wi (plural: we)