Rucksack

See also: rucksack

German

Etymology

From Alemannic German Ruggsack, equivalent to Standard German Rücken (“back”) +‎ Sack (“sack”). Compare Dutch rugzak, English rucksack, Danish rygsæk, and Swedish ryggsäck.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʁʊkzak/
Audio (file)

Noun

Rucksack m (strong, genitive Rucksackes or Rucksacks, plural Rucksäcke)

backpack
rucksack (large, rugged backpack)

Declension

Declension of Rucksack [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rucksack	die	Rucksäcke
genitive	eines	des	Rucksackes, Rucksacks	der	Rucksäcke
dative	einem	dem	Rucksack, Rucksacke¹	den	Rucksäcken
accusative	einen	den	Rucksack	die	Rucksäcke

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

Related terms

Rucksackbomber
Rucksackreise (“backpacking trip”)
Rucksacktourismus (“backpacking”) (travel)
Rucksacktourist (“backpacker”) (travel)

Descendants

→ Czech: ruksak
→ Danish: rygsæk
→ Dutch: rugzak (calque)
- Afrikaans: rugsak
- → West Frisian: rêchsek (calque)
→ English: rucksack
→ Japanese: リュックサック
→ Swedish: ryggsäck
→ Romanian: rucsac
→ Russian: рюкза́к (rjukzák)
- → Uzbek: ryukzak
Ukrainian: рюкзак (rjukzak)

Further reading

“Rucksack” in Duden online
“Rucksack” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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