Sack

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See also: sack and säck

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German sac, from Old High German sac, from Proto-West Germanic *sakku, from Proto-Germanic *sakkuz, from Latin saccus.

Cognate with Dutch zak, English sack. The sense “man” without doubt partly from “scrotum”, but Sack was also formerly used to refer to the belly or the human body as a whole.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zak/, (southern also)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ak

Noun

Sack m (strong, genitive Sackes or Sacks, plural Säcke, diminutive Säckchen n or Säcklein n)

  1. sack (large bag, especially one made of fabric)
  2. (informal) the sack; ellipsis of Hodensack (“scrotum”)
  3. (informal, derogatory) prick; sod
  4. (Southern Germany, Switzerland) pocket
    Synonym: Tasche

Usage notes

  • Additional, more informal diminutive forms include western German Säckelchen, south-western Säckle, and Austro-Bavarian Sackerl. The last also means shopping bag in Austrian standard German.

Declension

Declension of Sack
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Sack die Säcke
genitive eines des Sackes, Sacks der Säcke
dative einem dem Sack, Sacke1 den Säcken
accusative einen den Sack die Säcke

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Sack” in Duden online
  • “Sack” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German sac, from Old High German sac, from Proto-West Germanic *sakku, from Proto-Germanic *sakkaz, from Latin saccus.

Pronunciation

Noun

Sack m (plural Seck, diminutive Seckche)

  1. sack

Derived terms

Further reading

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German Old High German sac, from Proto-West Germanic *sakku, from Proto-Germanic *sakkuz.

Compare German Sack, Dutch zak, English sack.

Noun

Sack m (plural Seck)

  1. bag, sack
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