Zucker

See also: zucker

English

Etymology

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

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
• Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

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.

German

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sʊkɐ/
• Rhymes: -ʊkɐ
• Hyphenation: Zu‧cker; pre-1996: Zuk‧ker

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• Hyphenation: Zu‧cker

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
  • → Kildin Sami: цӯкер (cūk’er)
  • → Old Ruthenian: цу́коръ (cúkor) (see there for further descendants)
• → 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

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