rucken

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See also: Rucken, rücken, and Rücken

German

Etymology

Chiefly denominal from Ruck (jerking movement) +‎ -en. Absorbed related Middle High German rucken, the Upper German form of rücken (to shift, move in some direction) with regular suppression of umlaut in West Germanic -ukk-.

Pronunciation

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Verb

rucken (weak, third-person singular present ruckt, past tense ruckte, past participle geruckt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to jerk, to move in forceful pushes

Conjugation

Derived terms

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *rukken, from Proto-Germanic *rukkijaną.

Verb

rucken

  1. to jerk, to tug with sudden force

Inflection

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Descendants

  • Dutch: rukken
  • Limburgish: rökke

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