Kicker
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See also: kicker
German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English kicker. Analysable as kicken + -er.
Noun
Kicker m (strong, genitive Kickers, plural Kicker, feminine Kickerin)
- (soccer, informal) soccer player/football player
- Synonyms: Fußballer, Fußballspieler, Spieler
- 2023 January 10, Andreas Rüttenauer, “Portugals Kapitän in Saudi-Arabien: Ronaldo unterm Wasserfall”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
- Superbubi Kylian Mbappé wird dann auch dabei sein. Der hat neulich einen Tweet abgesetzt, war zu lesen. Irgendwas mit Zinedine Zidane und dass dem großen Kicker von einst Respekt gebührt.
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- (ball games) placekicker
Declension
Declension of Kicker
Etymology 2
After the name of Swiss company Kicker which built foosball devices which were popular in Germany. Eventually from etymology 1.
Noun
Kicker m (strong, genitive Kickers, plural Kicker)
- foosball table
- Synonyms: Kickertisch, (chiefly formal) Fußballtisch, (colloquial, Switzerland) Töggelikasten, (colloquial, parts of northern Germany) Krökeltisch
- 2022 September 19, Andreas Hartmann, “Brennpunkt-Projekt im Görlitzer Park: Safe Space im Görli”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
- Außerdem stehen überdachte Tischtennisplatten zur freien Verfügung, ein Kicker und sogar ein Billardtisch. Equipment wie Bälle und Schläger kann man entleihen.
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- Alternative form of Kickern (“the game of foosball, table football, table soccer”)
- Synonyms: (chiefly formal) Tischfußball, (colloquial, Switzerland) Töggeli, (colloquial, parts of northern Germany) Krökeln
- 2020, Michael Fischer, Diskotheken im ländlichen Raum , Waxmann Verlag, →ISBN, page 166:
- Die Männer sagen dann: „Wir spielen Kicker“. Und dann sind die Männer versorgt. Die meutern nicht rum.
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Declension
Declension of Kicker