Hacker

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See also: hacker and hácker

Englisch

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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)

  1. A surname.

See also

German

Etymology 1

hacken +‎ -er

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhakɐ/
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Nomen

Hacker m (strong, genitive Hackers, plural Hacker, feminine Hackerin)

  1. (regional) agent noun of hacken, particularly a worker who loosens the soil on a vineyard
Declension

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from English hacker.

Pronunciation

Nomen

Hacker m (strong, genitive Hackers, plural Hacker, feminine Hackerin or (rare, jargon) Haeckse)

  1. (computing) hacker
    • 2021 December 30, Johannes Drosdowski, “Kongress des Chaos Computer Clubs: Der CCC im Hier und Jetzt”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[1], →ISSN:
      Manchen Lichtblick sehen sie und Co-Moderator HonkHase im Koalitionsvertrag: etwa die Abkehr von Hackbacks, also der Möglichkeit, Hacker zurückzuhacken und damit die Zuwendung zu ziviler, defensiver Cybersicherheit.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension

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