Rücken
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German rücke, from Old High German rucki, akin to Old Saxon hruggi, both from Proto-West Germanic *hrugi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz. More at ridge.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈʁʏkn̩/, /ˈʁʏkŋ̩/
Audio (file) Audio (file) Audio (Austria) (file) - Homophone: rücken
- Hyphenation: Rü‧cken, formerly: Rük‧ken
Noun edit
Rücken m (strong, genitive Rückens, plural Rücken)
- (anatomy) back
- Mir tut der Rücken weh. ― My back hurts.
- auf dem Rücken liegend ― lying on one's back
- (informal) Ellipsis of Rückenschmerzen; back pain, especially chronic back pain
- Wer so viel malocht wie sie, kriegt irgendwann halt Rücken.
- If you work as extraneously as she does, you’re gonna get back pain eventually.
- Rücken haben ― to have back pain
- Ellipsis of Buchrücken (“spine of a book”).
- Der Titel eines Buches wird gewöhnlich auf den Rücken gedruckt.
- The title of a book is usually printed on the spine.
Declension edit
Declension of Rücken [masculine, strong]
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Rücken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Rücken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Rücken” in OpenThesaurus.de
- Rücken on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de