spack
See also: späck
English
editEtymology
editPossibly a contraction of spastic (as a term of abuse).
Pronunciation
editAudio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
editspack (plural spacks)
- (UK, slang, derogatory, offensive) A person with cerebral palsy.
- (UK, slang, derogatory, offensive) A clumsy, foolish, or mentally deficient person.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:spack.
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editGerman
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle Low German spak (“thin, dry, brittle”) from spake (“brushwood”). Or from rare Middle Low German spak (“tame, calm”) from an unknown source.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editspack (strong nominative masculine singular spacker, comparative spacker, superlative am spacksten)
- (regional, Northern Germany, usually of people) thin, scrawny (having an unusually low amount of both muscle and fat)
- 1912, Gerhart Hauptmann, Gabriel Schillings Flucht[1]:
- Wirklich, du siehst ausgezeichnet aus. Etwas spack natürlich, das macht die Stadt; aber wie du daherkamst, mit Jünglingsschritten, da sahst du wie 'n mittlerer Zwanziger aus.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (regional, Northern Germany, of wood) dry, brittle
Declension
editPositive forms of spack
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist spack | sie ist spack | es ist spack | sie sind spack | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | spacker | spacke | spackes | spacke |
genitive | spacken | spacker | spacken | spacker | |
dative | spackem | spacker | spackem | spacken | |
accusative | spacken | spacke | spackes | spacke | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der spacke | die spacke | das spacke | die spacken |
genitive | des spacken | der spacken | des spacken | der spacken | |
dative | dem spacken | der spacken | dem spacken | den spacken | |
accusative | den spacken | die spacke | das spacke | die spacken | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein spacker | eine spacke | ein spackes | (keine) spacken |
genitive | eines spacken | einer spacken | eines spacken | (keiner) spacken | |
dative | einem spacken | einer spacken | einem spacken | (keinen) spacken | |
accusative | einen spacken | eine spacke | ein spackes | (keine) spacken |
Comparative forms of spack
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist spacker | sie ist spacker | es ist spacker | sie sind spacker | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | spackerer | spackere | spackeres | spackere |
genitive | spackeren | spackerer | spackeren | spackerer | |
dative | spackerem | spackerer | spackerem | spackeren | |
accusative | spackeren | spackere | spackeres | spackere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der spackere | die spackere | das spackere | die spackeren |
genitive | des spackeren | der spackeren | des spackeren | der spackeren | |
dative | dem spackeren | der spackeren | dem spackeren | den spackeren | |
accusative | den spackeren | die spackere | das spackere | die spackeren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein spackerer | eine spackere | ein spackeres | (keine) spackeren |
genitive | eines spackeren | einer spackeren | eines spackeren | (keiner) spackeren | |
dative | einem spackeren | einer spackeren | einem spackeren | (keinen) spackeren | |
accusative | einen spackeren | eine spackere | ein spackeres | (keine) spackeren |
Superlative forms of spack
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