Itaker
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First attested in the 1960s, from the military slang term Itaka, an abbreviation of italienischer Kamerad (“Italian comrade”). Similar forms have been used as early as World War I.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Itaker m (strong, genitive Itakers, plural Itaker, feminine Itakerin)
- (dated, ethnic slur) wop (an Italian)
- 2011, Josef Bierbichler, Mittelreich[1], Suhrkamp Verlag, →ISBN:
- Die Itaker und Katzelmacher, wie sie gern geheißen wurden, hatten ziemlich zugenommen in der letzten Zeit, auch auf dem Land heraußen.
- Dagos and wops, as they were often called, have been growing in number by quite a lot recently, even out here in the country.
Declension[edit]
Declension of Itaker [masculine, strong]
Further reading[edit]
- “Itaker” in Duden online