Sack

• S*ck (censored)

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.

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

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• Rhymes: -ak

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

• 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.

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

• IPA^(key): /sak/

Sack m (plural Seck, diminutive Seckche)

1. sack

• Zwerrichsack

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

Compare German Sack, Dutch zak, English sack.

Sack m (plural Seck)

1. bag, sack