Sack
German
Alternative forms
- S*ck (censored)
Etymology
From Middle High German sac, from Old High German sac, from Proto-West Germanic *sakku, from Proto-Germanic *sakkuz, from Latin saccus.
Cognate with Dutch zak, English sack. The sense “man” without doubt partly from “scrotum”, but Sack was also formerly used to refer to the belly or the human body as a whole.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zak/
- Rhymes: -ak
Audio (file)
Noun
Sack m (strong, genitive Sackes or Sacks, plural Säcke, diminutive Säckchen n or Säcklein n)
- sack (large bag, especially one made of fabric)
- (informal) the sack; short for Hodensack (“scrotum”)
- (informal, derogatory) prick; sod
- (Southern German, Switzerland) pocket
- Synonym: Tasche
Usage notes
- Additional, more informal diminutive forms include western German Säckelchen, south-western Säckle, and Austro-Bavarian Sackerl. The last also means shopping bag in Austrian standard German.
Declension
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Sack | die | Säcke |
genitive | eines | des | Sackes, Sacks | der | Säcke |
dative | einem | dem | Sack, Sacke1 | den | Säcken |
accusative | einen | den | Sack | die | Säcke |
1Now uncommon, see notes.
Derived terms
- Bleisack
- die Katze aus dem Sack lassen
- Drecksack
- Dudelsack
- einsacken
- Fettsack
- Futtersack
- Hafersack
- Hosensack
- in einen Sack stecken und draufhauen
- Jutesack
- Kartoffelsack
- Lachsack
- Leichensack
- Mehlsack
- Müllsack
- Plastiksack
- sackartig
- sackförmig
- Sackgeld
- sackleinen
- Sackmesser
- Sacksahne
- Sandsack
- Seesack
- Strohsack
- Tränensack
- Wärmesack
- Wassersack
- Windsack
- Zementsack
Further reading
- “Sack” in Duden online
- “Sack” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Middle High German sac, from Old High German sac, from Proto-West Germanic *sakku, from Proto-Germanic *sakkaz, from Latin saccus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sak/
Noun
Sack m (plural Seck, diminutive Seckche)
- sack
Derived terms
- Zwerrichsack
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German Old High German sac, from Proto-West Germanic *sakku, from Proto-Germanic *sakkuz.
Compare German Sack, Dutch zak, English sack.
Noun
Sack m (plural Seck)
- bag, sack