Schanker

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French chancre (“cancer”), from Latin cancer (“tumor, cancer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaŋkɐ/
• Hyphenation: Schan‧ker

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Noun

Schanker m (strong, genitive Schankers, plural Schanker)

1. (pathology, medicine) chancre

Declension

Declension of Schanker [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schanker	die	Schanker
genitive	eines	des	Schankers	der	Schanker
dative	einem	dem	Schanker	den	Schankern
accusative	einen	den	Schanker	die	Schanker

Derived terms

• harter Schanker
• weicher Schanker

Further reading

• “Schanker” in Duden online
• “Schanker” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Schanker” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• Schanker on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de