Zucker
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English
Etymology
From German Zucker. The Zucker rat is named after researchers Lois M. Zucker and Theodore F. Zucker.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Zucker (plural Zuckers)
- A surname from German.
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Translations
Translations
Noun
Zucker (plural Zuckers)
- A kind of rat bred as a genetic model for research on obesity and hypertension.
- 2012, Obesity: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional, page 56:
- Obese Zuckers, compared to leans, consumed more food under free-feeding conditions.
Further reading
Zucker (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Zucker rat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡sʊkɐ/
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) Audio (Austria): (file) - Rhymes: -ʊkɐ
- Hyphenation: Zu‧cker; pre-1996: Zuk‧ker
Etymology 1
From Middle High German zucker, from Old High German zuckar, from early Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “grit, gravel; ground or candied sugar”). Cognates include Czech cukr, Hungarian cukor and Dutch suiker.
Noun
Zucker m (strong, genitive Zuckers, plural Zucker)
- (usually uncountable) sugar
- ein Stück Zucker ― a lump of sugar
- (uncountable, slightly informal) diabetes
- Synonyms: Diabetes, Zuckerkrankheit
- Zucker haben ― to be a diabetic
Declension
Declension of Zucker
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- seinem Affen Zucker geben
- Zuckerahorn
- Zuckeraustauschstoff
- Zuckerbäcker
- Zuckerbäckerei
- Zuckerbäckerin
- Zuckerberg
- Zuckerbrot
- Zuckercouleur
- Zuckerdose
- Zuckererbse
- Zuckerersatzstoff
- Zuckerfabrik
- Zuckerfee
- Zuckerfest
- zuckerfrei
- Zuckergast
- Zuckergehalt
- Zuckerglasur
- Zuckerguß
- Zuckerguss
- Zuckerhaushalt
- Zuckerhut
- Zuckerindustrie
- Zuckerkrankheit
- Zuckerlöffel
- Zuckermann
- Zuckermelone
- Zuckerpflaume
- Zuckerphosphat
- Zuckerplantage
- Zuckerraffinerie
- Zuckerrohr
- Zuckerrübe
- Zuckerschale
- Zuckerschlecken
- Zuckerschote
- Zuckerstange
- Zuckersteuer
- Zuckerstreuer
- Zuckerstück
- Zuckerstückchen
- zuckersüss
- zuckersüß
- Zuckertomate
- Zuckertüte
- Zuckerware
- Zuckerwasser
- Zuckerwatte
- Zuckerwerk
- Zuckerwürfel
Descendants
- → Czech: cukr
- → Kashubian: cëczer
- → Estonian: suhkur
- → Livonian: sukker
- → Hungarian: cukor
- → Lower Sorbian: cukor
- → Polish: cukier
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Slovene: cuker
- → Slovak: cukor
- → Upper Sorbian: cokor
See also
Proper noun
Zucker m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Zuckers or (with an article) Zucker, feminine genitive Zucker, plural Zuckers or Zucker)
- a surname
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Descendants
Etymology 2
Noun
Zucker m (strong, genitive Zuckers, plural Zucker)
Declension
Declension of Zucker
Synonyms
Related terms
Further reading
- “Zucker” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Zucker” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Zucker” in Duden online
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Noun
Zucker m (plural Zuckre)
- sugar
- Ich drinke Kaffii mit Zucker.
- I drink coffee with sugar.
- Zufiel Zucker is net gud fer die Zeen.
- Too much sugar isn't good for the teeth.