Grick

Pennsylvania German

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From English creek or crick.

Noun

Grick f (plural Gricke)

  1. creek

Etymology 2

From Middle High German krucke, krücke, from Old High German krucka, from Proto-Germanic *krukjō (“crutch, staff”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewg- (“wrinkle, bend”), from *ger- (“to turn, bend”). Compare German Krücke, Dutch kruk, English crutch.

Noun

Grick f (plural Gricke)

  1. crutch

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Noun

Grick

  1. plural of Gruck
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