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Sack
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sack säck Säck
German
Alternative forms
de S*ck censored
Etymology
de :inh gmh:sac<ety:inh<goh:sac<ety:inh<gmw-pro:*sakku>>>>
From de gmh sac, from de goh sac, from de gmw-pro *sakku, from de gem-pro *sakkuz, from de la saccus.
Cognate with nl zak, en sack. The sense “man” without doubt partly from “scrotum”, but de Sack was also formerly used to refer to the belly or the human body as a whole.
Pronunciation
de /zak/ Germany
de De-Sack.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de /sak/ Austria,South German,Switzerland
de ak 1
Noun
m,(e)s,^e ^chen,^lein,^elchen,erl,^le
sack large bag, especially one made of fabric
de informal the sack; de Hodensack scrotum
de informal derogatory prick; sod
de Southern Germany Switzerland pocket
de Tasche
Usage notes
Additional, more informal diminutive forms include western German de Säckelchen, south-western de Säckle, and Austro-Bavarian de Sackerl. The last also means shopping bag in Austrian standard German.
Declension
m,(e)s,^e
Derived terms
de die Katze aus dem Sack lassen Bleisack Drecksack Dudelsack einsacken Fettsack Futtersack Hafersack Hosensack in einen Sack stecken und draufhauen Jutesack Kartoffelsack Lachsack Mehlsack Müllsack Plastiksack sackartig sackförmig sackleinen Sackmesser Sackgeld Sacksahne Sandsack Seesack Strohsack Tränensack Wärmesack Wassersack Windsack Zementsack Leichensack alter Sack Boxsack
Further reading
de Bags Genitalia
Hunsrik
Etymology
From hrx gmh sac, from hrx goh sac, from hrx gmw-pro *sakku, from hrx gem-pro *sakkaz, from hrx la saccus.
Pronunciation
Noun
m Seck Seckche
sack
Derived terms
hrx Zwerrichsack
Further reading
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From pdc gmh - pdc goh sac, from pdc gmw-pro *sakku, from pdc gem-pro *sakkuz.
Compare de Sack, nl zak, en sack.
Noun
pdc noun m plural Seck
bag, sack