ocker
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒkə/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒkə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
From Middle English ocker, oker, from Old Norse ókr (“usury”), from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz (“progeny, earnings, profit”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“to add, increase”). More at oker.
Verb
ocker (third-person singular simple present ockers, present participle ockering, simple past and past participle ockered)
Etymology 2
From Ocker, pet form of the name Oscar; popularised in a series of television sketches where the word was used as a general nickname.
Noun
ocker (plural ockers)
- (slang, Australia) A boorish or uncultivated Australian.
- 1990, “Meanjin”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 49, University of Melbourne, page 139:
- In terms of formal ‘experimentation’ Williamson proved to be the most conservative; Don′s Party was the most realist of contemporary texts. Here, an entire tribe of Ockers may be observed within the confines of the suburban sprawl.
- 2011 May 23, Ronald Bergan, The Guardian:
- For many Australians, the screen persona of the character actor Bill Hunter, who has died of cancer aged 71, was the archetypal "ocker", an uncultivated Australian working man who enjoys beer, "barbies", Aussie rules football and V8 supercars.
Derived terms
Adjective
ocker (comparative more ocker, superlative most ocker)
- (slang, Australia) Uncultivated; boorish.
- 1973, Leslie Rees, A History of Australian Drama: Australian drama in the 1970s, Sydney: Angus & Robertson:
- page 44: What a contrast was Jack Hibberd's next exercise—from highbrow obscurantism to a show that was to spray the audiences of a score of theatres with the ockerest of ocker humour and set them going off to tell their friends. It was a play destined to set Jack Hibberd on the road to legendary popularity and financial wealth (in playwright terms, anyway).
- 1984, Sandra Jobson, Blokes, page 11:
- I sidled up to a particularly Ocker character on the edge of a group and nervously explained my mission.
- 1992Will Self, Cock and Bull, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- ‘Non-erotic male bonding, that’s the thing isn’t it; what our ocker cousins call “mateyness”.’
- 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, page 182:
- Dave comes across like an ocker Australian.
- 2007, Phillip William Hughes, Opening Doors to the Future: Stories of Prominent Australians and the Influence of Teachers, page 133:
- In addition to these specialist skills he showed his individuality at school where he preferred karate to rugby and when his more ocker classmates went to celebrate in pubs he went with a friend to Chinese restaurants.
- 2011 January 25, Emily Portell, Herald Sun, Melbourne:
- Melbourne surf shop Mordy Surf triggered outrage after posting the YouTube clip, in which an ocker man says he is "gonna get a glass and smash it on some poof", on its website.
See also
References
- The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket, ed. Cashman, Franks, Maxwell, Stoddart, Weaver and Webster, Oxford University Press, 1996, →ISBN p.562
- Australian word 'Ocker' — Australian words — Australian National Dictionary Centre — ANU.
German
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔkɐ/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ocker
Usage notes
Declension
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist ocker | sie ist ocker | es ist ocker | sie sind ocker | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | ockerer | ockere | ockeres | ockere |
genitive | ockeren | ockerer | ockeren | ockerer | |
dative | ockerem | ockerer | ockerem | ockeren | |
accusative | ockeren | ockere | ockeres | ockere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der ockere | die ockere | das ockere | die ockeren |
genitive | des ockeren | der ockeren | des ockeren | der ockeren | |
dative | dem ockeren | der ockeren | dem ockeren | den ockeren | |
accusative | den ockeren | die ockere | das ockere | die ockeren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein ockerer | eine ockere | ein ockeres | (keine) ockeren |
genitive | eines ockeren | einer ockeren | eines ockeren | (keiner) ockeren | |
dative | einem ockeren | einer ockeren | einem ockeren | (keinen) ockeren | |
accusative | einen ockeren | eine ockere | ein ockeres | (keine) ockeren |
References
- PONS Perfektes Deutsch, 2009, p. 350 ff.
- Wahrig: Richtiges Deutsch leicht gemacht, 2009, p. 370 ff.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish oker, uker, from Old Norse ókr, okr, from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz. Cognate of Norwegian åger, Danish åger, German Wucher, Dutch woeker, English oker, Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌺𐍂𐍃 (wōkrs).
Declension
Declension of ocker | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | ocker | ockret | — | — |
Genitive | ockers | ockrets | — | — |
Derived terms
References
- ocker in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- ocker in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- ocker in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- ocker in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)