Puck

See also: puck

English

Etymology

From puck (“mischievous spirit”), from Middle English pouke, from Old English pūca (“goblin, demon”), from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pāug(')- (“brilliance, spectre”). Cognate with Icelandic púki, dialectal Swedish puke (“devil”), Middle Low German spūk (“apparition, ghost”), German Spuk (“a haunting”). More at spook.

Proper noun

Puck

1. (mythology) A mischievous sprite in Celtic mythology and English folklore.

   Synonym: Robin Goodfellow

2. (astronomy) One of the satellites of the planet Uranus.

Derived terms

• puckish

Translations

mythology

• Polish: Puk m
• Russian: Пак (ru) m (Pak)

moon of Uranus

• Japanese: パック (ja) (Pakku)
• Polish: Puk m
• Russian: Пак (ru) m (Pak)

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English puck.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ʊk

Noun

Puck m (strong, genitive Pucks, plural Pucks)

1. (ice hockey) puck

Declension

Declension of Puck [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Puck	die	Pucks
genitive	eines	des	Pucks	der	Pucks
dative	einem	dem	Puck	den	Pucks
accusative	einen	den	Puck	die	Pucks

Further reading

• “Puck” in Duden online

Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /put͡sk/

• Audio 1

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• Audio 2

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• Rhymes: -ut͡sk
• Syllabification: Puck

Proper noun

Puck m inan

1. Puck (a town in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)

Declension

Declension of Puck

	singular
nominative	Puck
genitive	Pucka
dative	Puckowi
accusative	Puck
instrumental	Puckiem
locative	Pucku
vocative	Pucku

Derived terms

adjective

• pucki

 

nouns

• pucczanin
• pucczanka

 

Further reading

• Puck in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Puck in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Turkish

Proper noun

Puck

1. (astronomy) Puck