Sack
German edit
Alternative forms edit
- S*ck (censored)
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
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 Germany, Switzerland) pocket
- Synonym: Tasche
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
Derived terms edit
- 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 edit
Hunsrik edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German sac, from Old High German sac, from Proto-West Germanic *sakku, from Proto-Germanic *sakkaz, from Latin saccus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Sack m (plural Seck, diminutive Seckche)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Sack m (plural Seck)