Bäcker

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See also: backer and Backer

German

Etymology

From northern Middle High German becker, from Old High German beckeri, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz. By surface analysis, backen +‎ -er.

Upper German originally used the words Beck and Pfister instead. The Central German form was reinforced by Middle Low German becker, from Old Saxon backeri. Both possibly from Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz (compare also Dutch bakker, English baker).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɛkɐ/
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Noun

Bäcker m (strong, genitive Bäckers, plural Bäcker, diminutive Bäckerlein n, feminine Bäckerin)

agent noun of backen (“one who bakes”)
1. (professional) baker (male or unspecified sex)

Declension

Declension of Bäcker

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bäcker	die	Bäcker
genitive	eines	des	Bäckers	der	Bäcker
dative	einem	dem	Bäcker	den	Bäckern
accusative	einen	den	Bäcker	die	Bäcker

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Derived terms

Further reading

“Bäcker” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Bäcker” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Bäcker” in Duden online
Bäcker on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Limburgish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch backere, from Old Dutch *bakkari, from Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz, equivalent to backe +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbæ.kəʁ/
(Southeast Limburgish) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.kəʁ/
Rhymes: -ækəʁ

Noun

Bäcker m (plural Bäcker or Bäckere) (German-based spelling)

agent noun of backe (“one who bakes”)
1. baker (male or unspecified sex)

Derived terms

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From northern Middle High German becker, from Old High German beckeri, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz. Equivalent to backen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbækeʀ/,

Noun

Bäcker m (plural Bäcker)

baker

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