Zucker

See also: zucker

English

Etymology

From German Zucker. The Zucker rat is named after researchers Lois M. Zucker and Theodore F. Zucker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzʌ.kəɹ/
• Rhymes: -ʌkəɹ
• Hyphenation: Zuc‧ker

Proper noun

Zucker (plural Zuckers)

1. A surname from German.

Related terms

• Cukier
• Cukierman
• Cukiermann
• Zuckerberg
• Zuckerman
• Zuckermann
• Zuker
• Zukerberg
• Zukerman
• Zukermann

 

Translations

Translations

• German: Zucker (de)
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• Polish: Cukier
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
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Noun

Zucker (plural Zuckers)

1. A kind of rat bred as a genetic model for research on obesity and hypertension.
   • 2012, Obesity: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional, page 56:

     Obese Zuckers, compared to leans, consumed more food under free-feeding conditions.

Further reading

• Zucker (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Zucker rat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sʊkɐ/

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• Rhymes: -ʊkɐ
• Hyphenation: Zu‧cker; pre-1996: Zuk‧ker

Etymology 1

From Middle High German zucker, from Old High German zuckar, from early Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “grit, gravel; ground or candied sugar”). Cognates include Czech cukr, Hungarian cukor and Dutch suiker.

Noun

Zucker m (strong, genitive Zuckers, plural Zucker)

1. (usually uncountable) sugar

   ein Stück Zucker ― a lump of sugar

2. (uncountable, slightly informal) diabetes

   Synonyms: Diabetes, Zuckerkrankheit

   Zucker haben ― to be a diabetic

Declension

Declension of Zucker [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Zucker	die	Zucker
genitive	eines	des	Zuckers	der	Zucker
dative	einem	dem	Zucker	den	Zuckern
accusative	einen	den	Zucker	die	Zucker

Hyponyms

• Blutzucker
• brauner Zucker
• Fruchtzucker
• Gelierzucker
• Kandelzucker
• Kandiszucker
• Kristallzucker
• Malzzucker
• Milchzucker
• Puderzucker
• Rohrzucker
• Rohzucker
• Traubenzucker
• Vanillezucker
• Würfelzucker
• Zimtzucker

 

Derived terms

• zuckerhaltig
• zuckerig
• zuckern
• zuckrig

 

Related terms

• seinem Affen Zucker geben
• Zuckerahorn
• Zuckeraustauschstoff
• Zuckerbäcker
• Zuckerbäckerei
• Zuckerbäckerin
• Zuckerberg
• Zuckerbrot
• Zuckercouleur
• Zuckerdose
• Zuckererbse
• Zuckerersatzstoff
• Zuckerfabrik
• Zuckerfee
• Zuckerfest
• zuckerfrei
• Zuckergast
• Zuckergehalt
• Zuckerglasur
• Zuckerguß
• Zuckerguss
• Zuckerhaushalt
• Zuckerhut
• Zuckerindustrie
• Zuckerkrankheit
• Zuckerlöffel
• Zuckermann
• Zuckermelone
• Zuckerpflaume
• Zuckerphosphat
• Zuckerplantage
• Zuckerraffinerie
• Zuckerrohr
• Zuckerrübe
• Zuckerschale
• Zuckerschlecken
• Zuckerschote
• Zuckerstange
• Zuckersteuer
• Zuckerstreuer
• Zuckerstück
• Zuckerstückchen
• zuckersüss
• zuckersüß
• Zuckertomate
• Zuckertüte
• Zuckerware
• Zuckerwasser
• Zuckerwatte
• Zuckerwerk
• Zuckerwürfel

 

Descendants

• → Czech: cukr
• → Kashubian: cëczer
• → Estonian: suhkur
• → Livonian: sukker
  • → Latvian: cukurs
    • → Livonian: tsukkõr
• → Hungarian: cukor
• → Lower Sorbian: cukor
• → Polish: cukier
  • → Old Ruthenian: цꙋкоръ (cukor), цу́коръ (cúkor), цю́коръ (cjúkor)
    • Belarusian: цу́кар (cúkar)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: цу́кор (cúkor)
    • Ukrainian: цу́кор (cúkor); цу́кар (cúkar), цу́кер (cúker), цу́кур (cúkur) (dialectal)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: цу̏кар, цу̏кер

  Latin script: cȕkar, cȕker

• → Slovene: cuker
• → Slovak: cukor
• → Upper Sorbian: cokor

See also

• Zuckerl
• Zuckerberg

Proper noun

Zucker m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Zuckers or (with an article) Zucker, feminine genitive Zucker, plural Zuckers or Zucker)

1. a surname

Related terms

• Zuckerberg
• Zuckermann

 

Descendants

• English: Zucker
• Polish: Cukier

Etymology 2

zucken +‎ -er.

Noun

Zucker m (strong, genitive Zuckers, plural Zucker)

1. (chiefly Austria, informal) a twitching, jerking motion

Declension

Declension of Zucker [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Zucker	die	Zucker
genitive	eines	des	Zuckers	der	Zucker
dative	einem	dem	Zucker	den	Zuckern
accusative	einen	den	Zucker	die	Zucker

Synonyms

• Zuck

Related terms

• Auszucker

Further reading

• “Zucker” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Zucker” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Zucker” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sukɐ/

Noun

Zucker m (plural Zuckre)

1. sugar

   Ich drinke Kaffii mit Zucker.

   I drink coffee with sugar.

   Zufiel Zucker is net gud fer die Zeen.

   Too much sugar isn't good for the teeth.

Derived terms

• Zuckerbrod
• Zuckerschot
• Zuckerstang
• zuckre
• zuckrich

 

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary