Kracke
English
editEtymology
editProper noun
editKracke (plural Krackes)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Kracke is the 41164th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 529 individuals. Kracke is most common among White (95.84%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kracke”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 347.
German
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Low German. Cognate with Dutch kraak (“old animal”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editKracke f (genitive Kracke, plural Kracken)
- old and weak horse
- (humorous) old and/or weak person
- Ach, ich alte Kracke! Ich komm ja kaum noch hoch.
- Oh, I’m an old horse! I can barely get up.
Declension
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- English terms borrowed from German
- English terms derived from German
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from German
- German terms borrowed from German Low German
- German terms derived from German Low German
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German feminine nouns
- German humorous terms
- German terms with usage examples
- de:Age
- de:Horses