Sack

See also: sack and säck

German

Alternative forms

• S*ck (censored)

Etymology

From Middle High German sac, from Old High German sac, from Proto-West Germanic *sakku, from Proto-Germanic *sakkuz, from Latin saccus.

Cognate with Dutch zak, English sack. The sense “man” without doubt partly from “scrotum”, but Sack was also formerly used to refer to the belly or the human body as a whole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zak/, (southern also) [sak]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ak

Noun

Sack m (strong, genitive Sackes or Sacks, plural Säcke, diminutive Säckchen n or Säcklein n)

1. sack (large bag, especially one made of fabric)
2. (informal) the sack; short for Hodensack (“scrotum”)
3. (informal, derogatory) prick; sod
4. (Southern Germany, Switzerland) pocket

   Synonym: Tasche

Usage notes

• Additional, more informal diminutive forms include western German Säckelchen, south-western Säckle, and Austro-Bavarian Sackerl. The last also means shopping bag in Austrian standard German.

Declension

Declension of Sack [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Sack	die	Säcke
genitive	eines	des	Sackes, Sacks	der	Säcke
dative	einem	dem	Sack, Sacke1	den	Säcken
accusative	einen	den	Sack	die	Säcke

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Bleisack
• die Katze aus dem Sack lassen
• Drecksack
• Dudelsack
• einsacken
• Fettsack
• Futtersack
• Hafersack
• Hosensack
• in einen Sack stecken und draufhauen
• Jutesack
• Kartoffelsack
• Lachsack
• Leichensack
• Mehlsack
• Müllsack
• Plastiksack
• sackartig
• sackförmig
• Sackgeld
• sackleinen
• Sackmesser
• Sacksahne
• Sandsack
• Seesack
• Strohsack
• Tränensack
• Wärmesack
• Wassersack
• Windsack
• Zementsack

 

Further reading

• “Sack” in Duden online
• “Sack” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German sac, from Old High German sac, from Proto-West Germanic *sakku, from Proto-Germanic *sakkaz, from Latin saccus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sak/

Noun

Sack m (plural Seck, diminutive Seckche)

1. sack

Derived terms

• Zwerrichsack

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German Old High German sac, from Proto-West Germanic *sakku, from Proto-Germanic *sakkuz.

Compare German Sack, Dutch zak, English sack.

Noun

Sack m (plural Seck)

1. bag, sack