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English
Etymology
From Middle English stalkere , equivalent to stalk + -er .
Pronunciation
Noun
stalker (plural stalkers )
A person who engages in stalking , i.e., quietly approaching animals to be hunted; a tracker or guide in hunting game .
A person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions .
Any of various devices for removing the stalk from plants during harvesting.
Any bird that walks with a stalking motion.
( obsolete ) A kind of fishing net .
Synonyms
( person who stalks game ) : tracker
( person who secretly follows someone ) : prowler
Derived terms
Translations
person who stalks game
Czech: stopař (cs) m , stopařka (cs) f
Finnish: vaanija (fi)
French: traqueur (fr) m , traqueuse (fr) f
German: Pirschjäger m , Pirschjägerin f
Greek: κυνηγός (el) m or f ( kynigós )
Irish: stalcaire m
Italian: cacciatore (it) m , cacciatrice (it) f
Macedonian: ло́вец m ( lóvec ) , ло́вџија m ( lóvdžija )
Polish: obserwator (pl) m ( literally ) , obserwatorka (pl) f ( literally )
Portuguese: perseguidor (pt) m , perseguidora f
Russian: ло́вчий (ru) m ( lóvčij ) , следопы́т (ru) m ( sledopýt ) , охо́тник (ru) m ( oxótnik )
Spanish: acechador (es) m , acechadora (es) f
Tatar: эзәрләүче ( ezärläwçe )
person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
Arabic: مُطَارِد m ( muṭārid )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 潛行者 / 潜行者 ( qiánxíngzhě ) , 跟蹤狂 / 跟踪狂 (zh) ( gēnzōngkuáng )
Dutch: stalker (nl) m
Finnish: ahdistelija (fi)
French: rôdeur (fr) m , rôdeuse (fr) f
German: Stalker (de) m , Stalkerin (de) f , Nachsteller m , Nachstellerin (de) f , Verfolger (de) m , Verfolgerin (de) f
Greek: κυνηγός (el) m or f ( kynigós )
Hebrew: מטריד כפייתי m
Italian: stalker (it) , molestatore (it) m , molestatrice f , vessatore (it) m , vessatrice f
Japanese: ストーカー (ja) ( sutōkā )
Korean: 스토커 ( seutokeo )
Macedonian: прого́нувач m ( progónuvač ) , прого́нител m ( progónitel ) , де́мнач m ( démnač )
Norwegian: stalker
Polish: prześladowca (pl) m , prześladowczyni f , stalker (pl) m , stalkerka (pl) f
Portuguese: perseguidor (pt) m , perseguidora f , stalker m or f
Russian: пресле́дователь (ru) m ( preslédovatelʹ ) , пресле́довательница (ru) f ( preslédovatelʹnica ) , ста́лкер (ru) m ( stálker ) , сто́кер (ru) m ( stóker )
Slovak: prenasledovateľ m
Spanish: acosador (es) m , acosadora (es) f
Turkish: takipçi (tr) , önücü
Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from English stalker .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) :
Hyphenation: stal‧ker
Noun
stalker m anim
stalker (a person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions)
Declension
Declension of stalker (hard masculine animate )
Further reading
“stalker ”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 - not found
“stalker ”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 - not found
stalker in Internetová jazyková příručka, 2008–2022, Praha: Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR - found
Dutch
Etymology
From English stalker .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈstɑl.kər/
Hyphenation: stal‧ker
Noun
stalker m (plural stalkers , diminutive stalkertje n )
stalker (a person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions)
Polish
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from English stalker .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈstal.kɛr/
Rhymes: -alkɛr
Syllabification: stal‧ker
Noun
stalker m pers (female equivalent stalkerka )
( crime ) stalker ( person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions )
Declension
Further reading
stalker in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
stalker in Polish dictionaries at PWN