Kacke

See also: kacke and käcke

German

Etymology

Similar to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cacare, Ancient Greek κακκάω (kakkáō), but possibly not directly related to these, instead onomatopoeic, relating to the sound a baby makes when pressing while defecating (“a-a-”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkakə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Ka‧cke; version deprecated in the 1996 spelling reform: Kak‧ke

Noun

Kacke f (genitive Kacke, no plural)

1. (slightly vulgar) crap (something of poor quality; feces)

Synonyms

• (feces): Exkrement n (very formal)
• (feces): Kaviar m (paraphilia)
• (feces): Kot m (formal)
• (something of poor quality; feces): Scheiße f (vulgar)
• (feces): Stuhl m (medical jargon)

Derived terms

• abkacken
• kackbraun
• kacken
• verkacken

Further reading

• “Kacke” in Duden online