stalker

See also: Stalker

English

Etymology

From Middle English stalkere, equivalent to stalk +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːkə(ɹ)
• Homophone: stocker (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Noun

stalker (plural stalkers)

1. A person who engages in stalking, i.e. quietly approaching animals to be hunted; a tracker or guide in hunting game.
2. A person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions.
3. Any of various devices for removing the stalk from plants during harvesting.
4. Any bird that walks with a stalking motion.
5. (obsolete) A kind of fishing net.

Synonyms

• (a person who stalks game): tracker
• (a person who secretly follows someone): prowler

Translations

a person who stalks game

• Czech: stopař (cs) m
• Finnish: vaanija (fi)
• French: traqueur (fr) m
• German: Pirschjäger m
• Greek: κυνηγός (el) m or f (kynigós)

• Italian: cacciatore (it) m
• Polish: obserwator (pl) m (literally)
• Portuguese: perseguidor (pt) m
• Russian: ло́вчий (ru) m (lóvčij), следопы́т (ru) m (sledopýt), охо́тник (ru) m (oxótnik)
• Spanish: acechador (es) m

a person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions

• Arabic: مُطَارِد‎ m (muṭārid)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 潛行者, 潜行者 (qiánxíngzhě)

• Dutch: stalker (nl) m
• Finnish: ahdistelija (fi)
• French: rôdeur (fr) m
• German: Stalker (de) m, Verfolger (de) m
• Greek: κυνηγός (el) m or f (kynigós)
• Hebrew: מטריד כפייתי‎ m
• Italian: stalker, molestatore m, vessatore (it) m

• Japanese: ストーカー (sutōkā)
• Korean: 스토커 (seutokeo)
• Norwegian: stalker
• Polish: prześladowca (pl) m, prześladowczyni f
• Portuguese: perseguidor (pt) m
• Russian: пресле́дователь (ru) m (preslédovatelʹ), пресле́довательница (ru) f (preslédovatelʹnica), ста́лкер (ru) m (stálker), сто́кер (ru) m (stóker)
• Slovak: prenasledovateľ m
• Spanish: acosador (es)
• Turkish: takipçi (tr)

Anagrams

• talkers

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English stalker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstalkɛr]
• Hyphenation: stal‧ker

Noun

stalker m anim

1. A stalker (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions).

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	stalker	stalkerové, stalkeři
genitive	stalkera	stalkerů
dative	stalkerovi, stalkeru	stalkerům
accusative	stalkera	stalkery
vocative	stalkere	stalkerové, stalkeři
locative	stalkerovi, stalkeru	stalkerech
instrumental	stalkerem	stalkery

Further reading

• stalker in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• stalker in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English stalker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɑl.kər/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: stal‧ker

Noun

stalker m (plural stalkers, diminutive stalkertje n)

1. A stalker (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions).

Related terms

• stalken
• stalking