rucke
Middle High German
Alternative forms
- rügge, rugge, rück, ruck
Etymology
From Old High German ruggi, rucki, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈryk.kə/, (Upper German, especially Bavarian) /ˈruk.kə/
Noun
rücke or rucke m (genitive singular rückes or ruckes or rücken or rucken, plural rücke or rucke or rücken or rucken)
- back
Descendants
- Alemannic German: Rugge, Rügge
- Walser: rügga
- Bavarian: Ruckn, Rucka
- ⇒ German: Rucksack
- → English: rucksack
- ⇒ German: Rucksack
- Central Franconian: Rögge, Röck, Reck
- Luxembourgish: Réck
- German: Rücken
- Yiddish: רוקן (rukn)