wacker

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English

Noun

wacker (plural wackers)

  1. (UK, Liverpool) A Liverpudlian; a resident of Liverpool, England.
    • 1993, Anthony Griffiths, Scouse Wars, Bluecoat Press, →ISBN, page 6:
      Wackers are the inhabitants of the city of Liverpool – famed for their humour, football, dockers and judies. Wackers eat scouse and wet nellies. Wackers and Woollybacks are tough yet warm breeds. Although both are Northerners, they are different in many ways; culture and traditions and even language divides them.

Adjective

wacker

  1. comparative form of wack: more wack

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German wacker, from Old High German wackar, from Proto-West Germanic *wakr, from Proto-Germanic *wakraz. See there for cognates.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvakəʁ/, ,
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  • Hyphenation: wa‧cker; pre-1996: wak‧ker

Adjective

wacker (strong nominative masculine singular wackerer, comparative wackerer, superlative am wackersten)

  1. (dated, literary or humorous) efficient, diligent, eager, hearty
    Synonym: tüchtig
    ein wackerer Arbeiteran efficient and eager worker
    ein wackerer Zechera hardened drinker
  2. (dated, literary, except in sich wacker schlagen) stalwart, valiant, brave
    Synonym: tapfer
    ein wackerer Kriegera valiant warrior
  3. (archaic) honest, reputable
    Synonyms: rechtschaffen, ehrlich, anständig, redlich
  4. (archaic) alert, vigilant, waker
    Synonym: wachsam
    • 1545, Luther-Bibel, Lukas 21:36:
      So seid nun wacker allezeit und betet, daß ihr würdig werden möget, zu entfliehen diesem allem, was geschehen soll, und zu stehen vor des Menschen Sohn.
      Watch ye therefore, and pray alwayes, that ye may be accompted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to passe, and to stand before the sonne of man.

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Further reading

  • wacker” in Duden online
  • wacker” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache