Zicke
German, noun
Zicke is spelled Z-I-C-K-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 41,722nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zicke is a German feminine noun meaning “she-goat, nanny goat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, zicke is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “weibliche Ziege”.
What does Zicke mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshe-goat, nanny goat
- 2
derogatoryfeminineinformala touchy, fractious or difficult person (usually, but not necessarily, female)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. weibliche Ziege 2. störrische, launenhafte Frau 3. nur im Plural: unsinnige Ideen, Verhaltensweisen
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 Zicke
- Zicken plural
- Zicklein diminutive neuter
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Zicke
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zicke in German?
Zicke appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).