Hacker

See also: hacker and hácker

English

Etymology

English, Dutch, German and Jewish occupational surname, all from the noun hacker (“one who hacks”). The Jewish form probably arrives via Yiddish העקער (heker), from צעהאַקן (tsehakn) (see German hacken).

Proper noun

Hacker (countable and uncountable, plural Hackers)

1. A surname.

See also

• Häcker
• Haecker
• Hecker

 

German

Etymology 1

hacken +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhakɐ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Hacker m (strong, genitive Hackers, plural Hacker, feminine Hackerin)

1. (regional) agent noun of hacken, particularly a worker who loosens the soil on a vineyard

Declension

Declension of Hacker [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hacker	die	Hacker
genitive	eines	des	Hackers	der	Hacker
dative	einem	dem	Hacker	den	Hackern
accusative	einen	den	Hacker	die	Hacker

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from English hacker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛkɐ/, (rare) /ˈhakɐ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (rare):

  (file)

Noun

Hacker m (strong, genitive Hackers, plural Hacker, feminine Hackerin or (rare, jargon) Haeckse)

1. (computing) hacker
   • 2021 December 30, Johannes Drosdowski, “Kongress des Chaos Computer Clubs: Der CCC im Hier und Jetzt”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Manchen Lichtblick sehen sie und Co-Moderator HonkHase im Koalitionsvertrag: etwa die Abkehr von Hackbacks, also der Möglichkeit, Hacker zurückzuhacken und damit die Zuwendung zu ziviler, defensiver Cybersicherheit.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Hacker [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hacker	die	Hacker
genitive	eines	des	Hackers	der	Hacker
dative	einem	dem	Hacker	den	Hackern
accusative	einen	den	Hacker	die	Hacker

Further reading

• Hacker on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Hacker” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Hacker (Erde lockern)” in Duden online
• “Hacker (EDV, Computer)” in Duden online
• “Hacker” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon