Hacker

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See also: hacker and hácker

English

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Etymology

English, Dutch, German and Jewish occupational surname, all from the noun hacker (“one who hacks”). The Jewish form probably arrives via Yiddish העקער (heker), from צעהאַקן (tsehakn) (see German hacken).

Proper noun

Hacker (countable and uncountable, plural Hackers)

  1. A surname.

See also

German

Etymology 1

hacken +‎ -er

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhakɐ/
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Noun

Hacker m (strong, genitive Hackers, plural Hacker, feminine Hackerin)

  1. (regional) agent noun of hacken, particularly a worker who loosens the soil on a vineyard
Declension
Declension of Hacker
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Hacker die Hacker
genitive eines des Hackers der Hacker
dative einem dem Hacker den Hackern
accusative einen den Hacker die Hacker

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from English hacker.

Pronunciation

Noun

Hacker m (strong, genitive Hackers, plural Hacker, feminine Hackerin or (rare, jargon) Haeckse)

  1. (computing) hacker
    • 2021 December 30, Johannes Drosdowski, “Kongress des Chaos Computer Clubs: Der CCC im Hier und Jetzt”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎, →ISSN:
      Manchen Lichtblick sehen sie und Co-Moderator HonkHase im Koalitionsvertrag: etwa die Abkehr von Hackbacks, also der Möglichkeit, Hacker zurückzuhacken und damit die Zuwendung zu ziviler, defensiver Cybersicherheit.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Hacker
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Hacker die Hacker
genitive eines des Hackers der Hacker
dative einem dem Hacker den Hackern
accusative einen den Hacker die Hacker

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