Zucker
See also: zucker
English
Etymology
German Zucker. The Zucker rat is named after researchers Lois M. Zucker and Theodore F. Zucker.
Proper noun
Zucker (plural Zuckers)
- A surname from German.
Related terms
- Cukier
- Cukierman
- Cukiermann
- Zuckerberg
- Zuckerman
- Zuckermann
- Zuker
- Zukerberg
- Zukerman
- Zukermann
Translations
Translations
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Noun
Zucker (plural Zuckers)
- A kind of rat bred as a genetic model for research on obesity and hypertension.
- 2012, Obesity: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional (page 56)
- Obese Zuckers, compared to leans, consumed more food under free-feeding conditions.
- 2012, Obesity: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional (page 56)
German
Etymology
From Middle High German zucker, from Old High German zuckar, from early Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “grit, gravel; ground or candied sugar”). Cognates include Czech cukr and Dutch suiker.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡sʊkɐ/
- Rhymes: -ʊkɐ
- Hyphenation: Zu‧cker; pre-1996: Zuk‧ker
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Noun
Zucker m (strong, genitive Zuckers, plural Zucker)
- (usually uncountable) sugar
- ein Stück Zucker ― a lump of sugar
- (uncountable, slightly informal) diabetes
- Synonyms: Diabetes, Zuckerkrankheit
- Zucker haben ― to be a diabetic
Declension
Declension of Zucker [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Zucker | die | Zucker |
| genitive | eines | des | Zuckers | der | Zucker |
| dative | einem | dem | Zucker | den | Zuckern |
| accusative | einen | den | Zucker | die | Zucker |
Derived terms
- Zuckerberg
- Zuckerfest
- zuckerhaltig, zuckerartig
- zuckerig, zuckrig, zuckern
- Zuckermann
Related terms
- Fruchtzucker
- Kandelzucker
- Kandiszucker
- Kristallzucker
- Malzzucker
- Milchzucker
- Puderzucker
- Rohrzucker
- seinem Affen Zucker geben
- Traubenzucker
- Würfelzucker
- Zimtzucker
- Zuckerahorn
- Zuckerbäcker
- Zuckercouleur
- Zuckerdose
- Zuckerfabrik
- zuckerfrei
- Zuckerguss
- Zuckerindustrie
- Zuckerkrankheit
- Zuckerlöffel
- Zuckerlöffelchen
- Zuckerplantage
- Zuckerrohr
- Zuckerschale
- Zuckerwürfel
Descendants
- → Czech: cukr
- → Kashubian: cëczer
- → Estonian: suhkur
- → Livonian: sukker
- → Latvian: cukurs
- → Livonian: tsukkõr
- → Latvian: cukurs
- → Hungarian: cukor
- → Lower Sorbian: cukor
- → Polish: cukier
- → Kildin Sami: цӯкер (cūk’er)
- → Old Ruthenian: цу́коръ (cúkor)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: цу̏кар, цу̏кер
- Latin: cȕkar, cȕker
- → Slovene: cuker
- → Slovak: cukor
- → Upper Sorbian: cokor
See also
- Zuckerl
- Zuckerberg
Proper noun
Zucker m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Zuckers or (with an article) Zucker, feminine genitive Zucker, plural Zuckers or Zucker)
- a surname
Related terms
- Zuckerberg
- Zuckermann
Descendants
- English: Zucker
- Polish: Cukier
Further reading
- “Zucker” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Zucker” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Zucker” in Duden online
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡sukɐ/
Noun
Zucker m (plural Zuckre)
- sugar
- Ich drinke Kaffii mit Zucker.
- I drink coffee with sugar.
- Zufiel Zucker is net gud fer die Zeen.
- Too much sugar isn't good for the teeth.
Derived terms
- Zuckerbrod
- Zuckerschot
- Zuckerstang
- zuckre
- zuckrich
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary