crucco

Italian

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian kruh (“bread”). Originally crucco denoted a South Slav (Slovene, Croat etc), but during the Second World War the meaning changed to "German".[1]

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ukko

Adjective

crucco (feminine singular crucca, masculine plural crucchi, feminine plural crucche)

  1. (offensive, ethnic slur) Kraut (German)

Synonyms

Noun

crucco m (plural crucchi)

  1. (offensive, ethnic slur) Kraut, Fritz (a German person)

Synonyms

References
  1. “crucco” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2
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