Pocke

German

Etymology

16th century, from Middle Low German pocke, from Proto-Germanic *pukkǭ, *pukkaz (“pock, swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bʰew- (“to grow, swell”).

Cognate with Dutch pok, English pock. Displaced the variants Poche, Pfoche, which may go back to related Proto-Germanic *pukô, but are perhaps merely inadequate adaptations of the Low German form. The native High German word for “pock” is Blatter.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔkə/
  • Hyphenation: Po‧cke
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Noun

Pocke f (genitive Pocke, plural Pocken)

  1. pock
  2. (in the plural) pox, smallpox

Declension
Declension of Pocke [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Pocke die Pocken
genitive einer der Pocke der Pocken
dative einer der Pocke den Pocken
accusative eine die Pocke die Pocken

Synonyms

Hyponyms

See the derivatives at Pocken.

Derived terms
  • pockennarbig

Further reading
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