FromMiddle High Germansac, fromOld High Germansac, fromProto-West Germanic*sakku, fromProto-Germanic*sakkuz, fromLatinsaccus.
Cognate withDutchzak,Englishsack. The sense “man” without doubt partly from “scrotum”, butSack was also formerly used to refer to the belly or the human body as a whole.
- IPA(key): /zak/,(southern also)[sak]
- Rhymes:-ak
Sack m (strong,genitiveSackesorSacks,pluralSäcke,diminutiveSäckchen norSäcklein n)
- sack(large bag, especially one made of fabric)
- (informal) thesack;ellipsis ofHodensack(“scrotum”)
- (informal, derogatory)prick;sod
- (Southern Germany, Switzerland)pocket
- Synonym:Tasche
- Additional, more informal diminutive forms include western GermanSäckelchen, south-westernSäckle, and Austro-BavarianSackerl. The last also meansshopping bag in Austrian standard German.
Declension ofSack [masculine, strong]
- “Sack” inDuden online
- “Sack” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
FromMiddle High Germansac, fromOld High Germansac, fromProto-West Germanic*sakku, fromProto-Germanic*sakkaz, fromLatinsaccus.
Sack m (pluralSeck,diminutiveSeckche)
- sack
- Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Sack”, inDicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti:Riograndenser Hunsrickisch
Pennsylvania German
[edit]FromMiddle High GermanOld High Germansac, fromProto-West Germanic*sakku, fromProto-Germanic*sakkuz.
CompareGermanSack,Dutchzak,Englishsack.
Sack m (pluralSeck)
- bag,sack
