Ruck

See also: ruck, rück, and rück-

English

Etymology

• As a German surname, from the noun Rücken (“back”).
• Also as a German surname, shortened from derivatives of Rüdiger.
• As an English surname, variant of Rook, itself from the noun rook (“type of crow”).

Proper noun

Ruck (plural Rucks)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ruck is the 14458^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2066 individuals. Ruck is most common among White (88.63%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ruck”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German ruc, from Old High German rucch, ultimately from the root of rücken (“to rock, push, move”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁʊk/
• Rhymes: -ʊk

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Ruck m (strong, genitive Ruckes or Rucks, plural Rucke)

1. jerk, jolt
   • 1997 April 26, Roman Herzog, Berliner Rede 1997 von Bundespräsident Roman Herzog‎^[1]:

     Aber es ist auch noch nicht zu spät. Durch Deutschland muss ein Ruck gehen. Wir müssen Abschied nehmen von liebgewordenen Besitzständen. Alle sind angesprochen, alle müssen Opfer bringen, alle müssen mitmachen […] .

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2. (physics) jerk (change in acceleration)

Declension

Declension of Ruck [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ruck	die	Rucke
genitive	eines	des	Ruckes, Rucks	der	Rucke
dative	einem	dem	Ruck, Rucke1	den	Rucken
accusative	einen	den	Ruck	die	Rucke

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Linksruck
• Rechtsruck
• Ruckänderung
• ruckartig
• ruckhaft

Further reading

• “Ruck” in Duden online
• “Ruck”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[2] (in German)
• “Ruck” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.