Hacker
English
editEtymology
editEnglish, 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
editHacker (countable and uncountable, plural Hackers)
- A surname.
See also
editGerman
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editNoun
editHacker m (strong, genitive Hackers, plural Hacker, feminine Hackerin)
- (regional) agent noun of hacken, particularly a worker who loosens the soil on a vineyard
Declension
editDeclension of Hacker [masculine, strong]
Etymology 2
editUnadapted borrowing from English hacker.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editHacker m (strong, genitive Hackers, plural Hacker, feminine Hackerin or (rare, jargon) Haeckse)
- (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
editDeclension of Hacker [masculine, strong]
Further reading
edit- 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
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