Geck is a standard term in modern German and means "fool" or "fop". The root also survives in the Dutch and Afrikaans adjective gek ("crazy"), as well as some German dialects, like the Alsatian word Gickeleshut ("jester's hat"; used during carnival).
Geck is a standard term in modern German that means "fool" or "fop," and its root has been preserved in other languages such as Dutch and Afrikaans, where it's used to describe something or someone as "crazy." This concept also appears in certain German dialects, like Alsatian.