Polacke

German

Alternative forms

• Polack, Polak, Polake, Pollack, Pollacke, Pollak, Pollake

Etymology

From Polish Polak (“a Polish person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈlakə/, /ˈpɔlakə/

• Audio:

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Noun

Polacke m (weak, genitive Polacken, plural Polacken, feminine Polackin)

1. (derogatory, sometimes ethnic slur) Pole, Polack (person from Poland, male or unspecified sex)

Usage notes

• The form with stress on the second syllable (rhyming with Kanacke) is much more derogatory than that with initial stress. The latter is regional, however. It is particularly common in the Ruhrgebiet, where it is a coarse but hardly offensive word for a person of Polish descent (Ruhrpole).

Declension

Declension of Polacke [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Polacke	die	Polacken
genitive	eines	des	Polacken	der	Polacken
dative	einem	dem	Polacken	den	Polacken
accusative	einen	den	Polacken	die	Polacken

Derived terms

• Polackei
• polackisch, Polackisch
• Wasserpolacke

Related terms

• Pole, Polen, polnisch

See also

• schlonsakisch, Schlonsakisch

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p(ʰ)oˈlakə/

Noun

Polacke m

1. plural of Polack