keck
German, adjective/kɛk/
keck is a German adjective meaning “sassy; cheeky (bold and spirited)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf eine angenehme, ansprechende Art und Weise frech, respektlos oder vorlaut”.
What does keck mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sassy; cheeky (bold and spirited)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auf eine angenehme, ansprechende Art und Weise frech, respektlos oder vorlaut
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of keck
- kecker masculine nominative singular
- am kecksten superlative
- kecke feminine nominative singular
- keckes neuter nominative singular
- kecken genitive masculine singular
- keckem dative masculine singular
- der kecke definite includes-article masculine
- die kecke definite feminine includes-article
- das kecke definite includes-article neuter
- die kecken definite includes-article nominative
- des kecken definite genitive includes-article
- der kecken definite feminine genitive
- dem kecken dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce keck?
- /kɛk/
- [kɛk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to keck
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is keck in German?
keck appears 1.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).