Kracke

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kracke.

Proper noun

Kracke (plural Krackes)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kracke is the 41164^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 529 individuals. Kracke is most common among White (95.84%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kracke”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 347.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from German Low German. Cognate with Dutch kraak (“old animal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrakə/
• Hyphenation 1996: Kra‧cke, pre-1996: Krak‧ke

Noun

Kracke f (genitive Kracke, plural Kracken)

1. old and weak horse
2. (humorous) old and/or weak person

   Ach, ich alte Kracke! Ich komm ja kaum noch hoch.

   Oh, I’m an old horse! I can barely get up.

Declension

Declension of Kracke [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kracke	die	Kracken
genitive	einer	der	Kracke	der	Kracken
dative	einer	der	Kracke	den	Kracken
accusative	eine	die	Kracke	die	Kracken