Racker

German

Etymology

From Low German Racker (“privy cleaner”, also “scoundrel”), from racken (“to scrape, sweep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁakɐ/
• Hyphenation: Ra‧cker

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Noun

Racker m (strong, genitive Rackers, plural Racker)

1. (colloquial) rascal

Declension

Declension of Racker [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Racker	die	Racker
genitive	eines	des	Rackers	der	Racker
dative	einem	dem	Racker	den	Rackern
accusative	einen	den	Racker	die	Racker

Derived terms

• rackern

Further reading

• “Racker” in Duden online