Hacker

== English == === Etymology === English, Dutch, German and Jewish occupational surname, all from the noun hacker (“one who hacks”). The Jewish form probably arrives via Yiddish העקער (heker), from צעהאַקן (tsehakn) (see German hacken). === Proper noun === Hacker (countable and uncountable, plural Hackers) A surname. ==== See also ==== == German == === Etymology 1 === hacken +‎ -er ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhakɐ/ Rhymes: -akɐ ==== Noun ==== Hacker m (strong, genitive Hackers, plural Hacker, feminine Hackerin) (regional) agent noun of hacken, particularly a worker who loosens the soil on a vineyard ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === Unadapted borrowing from English hacker. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhɛkɐ/, (rare) /ˈhakɐ/ ==== Noun ==== Hacker m (strong, genitive Hackers, plural Hacker, feminine Hackerin or (rare, jargon) Haeckse) (computing) hacker ===== Declension ===== === Further reading === Hacker on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de “Hacker” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Hacker (Erde lockern)” in Duden online “Hacker (EDV, Computer)” in Duden online “Hacker” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon