# die Wicke

die Wicke is a German noun meaning “vetch”. Forms: der Wicke, die Wicken.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Wicke
- Plural: die Wicken

## In other languages

- Русский: горошек, вика

## Meanings

1. vetch (Vicia gen. et spp.)
2. _archaic_ something worthless, a bugger
3. _colloquial · regional_ state of failure, wreckedness, only in the following constructions
   - Der Motor ist in die Wicken gegangen. — The motor has given up.

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