Polyglot Dictionary

Rucksack

/ˈʁʊkˌzak/

der noun A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Rucksäcke

Meaning

  1. backpack

    Built from Rücken (back) + Sack (sack).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Sack sack

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

sac à dos

sac à dos is the French word for the same thing — both mean "backpack."

Portuguese

mochila

mochila is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "backpack."

Practice

1 What does Rucksack mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er packte seine Bücher in den ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Rucksack?

See also

nouncompound

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