socker

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English

Pronunciation

Noun

socker (uncountable)

  1. Dated spelling of soccer.

Anagrams

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish soker, from Middle Low German sucker, from Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šakar).

Pronunciation

Noun

socker n

  1. (uncountable) sugar; sucrose in the form of small crystals
  2. (countable, biochemistry) sugar; any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy.
    • 2010, Jennie Molin, Utvärdering av potentialen för produktion av algbiobränsle vid en etanolanläggning‎ (thesis), Linköping University:
      Sockret i sirapen är främst pentoser (till exempel xylos) eftersom det är ett socker som jästsvamparna i etanolproduktionen inte förbrukar (Erlandsson, personlig kommunikation).
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Declension

Declension of socker
nominative genitive
singular indefinite socker sockers
definite sockret sockrets
plural indefinite socker sockers
definite sockren sockrens

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Finnish: sokeri

References

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