rucke

Middle High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German ruggi, rucki, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈryk.kə/, (Upper German, especially Bavarian) /ˈruk.kə/

Noun

rücke or rucke m (genitive singular rückes or ruckes or rücken or rucken, plural rücke or rucke or rücken or rucken)

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Declension

Descendants

  • Alemannic German: Rugge, Rügge
    • Walser: rügga
  • Bavarian: Ruckn, Rucka
  • Central Franconian: Rögge, Röck, Reck
  • German: Rücken
  • Yiddish: רוקן (rukn)