Kicker

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɪkər/, [ˈkɪkɐ] Hyphenation: Ki‧cker; pre-1996: Kik‧ker === Etymology 1 === From English kicker. By surface analysis, kicken +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== Kicker m (strong, genitive Kickers, plural Kicker, feminine Kickerin) (soccer, informal) soccer player/football player Synonyms: Fußballer, Fußballspieler, Spieler (ball games) placekicker ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === After the name of Swiss company Kicker which built foosball devices which were popular in Germany. Eventually from etymology 1. ==== Noun ==== Kicker m (strong, genitive Kickers, plural Kicker) foosball table Synonyms: Kickertisch, (chiefly formal) Fußballtisch, (colloquial, Switzerland) Töggelikasten, (colloquial, parts of northern Germany) Krökeltisch alternative form of Kickern (“the game of foosball, table football, table soccer”) Synonyms: (chiefly formal) Tischfußball, (colloquial, Switzerland) Töggeli, (colloquial, parts of northern Germany) Krökeln ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== kickern === Further reading === “Kicker” in Duden online “Kicker”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German)