Zucker

See also: zucker

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH

Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH

Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā)

Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor.

Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor.

Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor.

Italian zuccherobor.

Middle High German zucker

German Zuckerbor.

English Zucker

Borrowed from German Zucker.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈzʌ.kə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈzʌ.kəɹ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʌkə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: Zuc‧ker

Proper noun

Zucker (plural Zuckers)

1. A surname from German.

Related terms

• Cukier
• Cukierman
• Cukiermann
• Zuckerberg
• Zuckerman
• Zuckermann
• Zuker
• Zukerberg
• Zukerman
• Zukermann

Translations

Translations

• German: Zucker (de)
• Hebrew: צוקר (tsúker)
• Polish: Cukier
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

Noun

Zucker (plural Zuckers)

2. Ellipsis of Zucker rat.
   • 2012, Obesity: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional, page 56:

     Obese Zuckers, compared to leans, consumed more food under free-feeding conditions.

Further reading

• Zucker (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sʊ.kɐ/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Audio (Austria):

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• Rhymes: -ʊkɐ
• Hyphenation: Zu‧cker

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH

Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH

Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā)

Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor.

Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor.

Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor.

Italian zuccherobor.

Middle High German zucker

German Zucker

From Middle High German zucker, from Old High German zuckar, from early Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “grit, gravel; ground or candied sugar”). Cognates include Czech cukr, Hungarian cukor and Dutch suiker.

Alternative forms

• Zukker

Noun

Zucker m (strong, genitive Zuckers, plural Zucker)

1. (usually uncountable) sugar

   ein Stück Zucker ― a lump of sugar

2. (uncountable, slightly informal) diabetes

   Synonyms: Diabetes, Zuckerkrankheit

   Zucker haben ― to be a diabetic

Declension

Declension of Zucker [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Zucker	die	Zucker
genitive	eines	des	Zuckers	der	Zucker
dative	einem	dem	Zucker	den	Zuckern
accusative	einen	den	Zucker	die	Zucker

Hyponyms

• Blutzucker
• brauner Zucker
• Einfachzucker
• Fruchtzucker
• Gelierzucker
• Kandelzucker
• Kandiszucker
• Kristallzucker
• Malzzucker
• Milchzucker
• Puderzucker
• Rohrzucker
• Rohzucker
• Traubenzucker
• Vanillezucker
• Würfelzucker
• Zimtzucker

Derived terms

• zuckerhaltig
• zuckerig
• zuckern
• zuckrig

Related terms

• seinem Affen Zucker geben
• Zucker-Birke
• Zuckerahorn
• Zuckeraustauschstoff
• Zuckerbäcker
• Zuckerbäckerei
• Zuckerbäckerin
• Zuckerberg
• Zuckerbrot
• Zuckercouleur
• Zuckerdose
• Zuckererbse
• Zuckerersatzstoff
• Zuckerfabrik
• Zuckerfee
• Zuckerfest
• zuckerfrei
• Zuckergast
• Zuckergehalt
• Zuckerglasur
• Zuckerguß
• Zuckerguss
• Zuckerhaushalt
• Zuckerhut
• Zuckerindustrie
• Zuckerkrankheit
• Zuckerlöffel
• Zuckermann
• Zuckermelone
• Zuckerpflaume
• Zuckerphosphat
• Zuckerplantage
• Zuckerraffinerie
• Zuckerrohr
• Zuckerrübe
• Zuckerschale
• Zuckerschlecken
• Zuckerschote
• Zuckerstange
• Zuckersteuer
• Zuckerstreuer
• Zuckerstück
• Zuckerstückchen
• zuckersüss
• zuckersüß
• Zuckertomate
• Zuckertüte
• Zuckerware
• Zuckerwasser
• Zuckerwatte
• Zuckerwerk
• Zuckerwürfel

Descendants

• → Czech: cukr
• → Kashubian: cëczer
• → Estonian: suhkur
• → Livonian: sukkur
  • → Latvian: cukurs
    • → Livonian: tsukkõr
• → Hungarian: cukor
• → Lower Sorbian: cukor
• → Polish: cukier
  • → Old Ruthenian: цꙋкоръ (cukor), цу́коръ (cúkor), цю́коръ (cjúkor)
    • Belarusian: цу́кар (cúkar)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: цу́кор (cúkor)
    • Ukrainian: цу́кор (cúkor); цу́кар (cúkar), цу́кер (cúker), цу́кур (cúkur) (dialectal)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: цу̏кар, цу̏кер

  Latin script: cȕkar, cȕker

• → Slovene: cuker
• → Slovak: cukor
• → Upper Sorbian: cokor

Proper noun

Zucker m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Zuckers or (with an article) Zucker, feminine genitive Zucker, plural Zuckers or Zucker)

1. a surname

Related terms

• Zuckerberg
• Zuckermann

Descendants

• English: Zucker
• Polish: Cukier

Etymology 2

From zucken +‎ -er.

Noun

Zucker m (strong, genitive Zuckers, plural Zucker)

1. (chiefly Austria, informal) a twitching, jerking motion

   Synonym: Zuck

Declension

Declension of Zucker [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Zucker	die	Zucker
genitive	eines	des	Zuckers	der	Zucker
dative	einem	dem	Zucker	den	Zuckern
accusative	einen	den	Zucker	die	Zucker

Related terms

• Auszucker

See also

• Zuckerl
• Zuckerberg

Further reading

• “Zucker”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Zucker” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Zucker” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡suka/
• Rhymes: -uka
• Syllabification: Zuc‧ker

Noun

Zucker m (plural Zuckre)

1. sugar

   Ich drinke Kaffii mit Zucker. ― I drink coffee with sugar.

   Zufiel Zucker is net gud fer die Zeen. ― Too much sugar isn't good for the teeth.

Derived terms

• Zuckerbrod
• Zuckerschot
• Zuckerstang
• zuckre
• zuckrich

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Zucker”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch