rucke

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• rügge, rugge, rück, ruck

Etymology

From Old High German ruggi, rucki, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈryk.kə/, (Upper German, especially Bavarian) /ˈruk.kə/

Noun

rücke or rucke m (genitive singular rückes or ruckes or rücken or rucken, plural rücke or rucke or rücken or rucken)

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Descendants

• Alemannic German: Rugge, Rügge
  • Walser: rügga
• Bavarian: Ruckn, Rucka
  • ⇒ German: Rucksack
    • → English: rucksack
• Central Franconian: Rögge, Röck, Reck
  • Luxembourgish: Réck
• German: Rücken
• Yiddish: רוקן (rukn)