Rücken
German
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editRücken 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
editDeclension of Rücken [masculine, strong]
Related terms
editFurther 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
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