wacker

See also: Wacker

English

Adjective

wacker

comparative form of wack: more wack

Anagrams

cawker

German

"Seid wacker allezeit und betet." on a church

Etymology

From Middle High German wacker, Old High German wacchar. Cognate with Old English wacor, Old Norse wakr, Dutch wakker and possibly German Low German wacker.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvakɐ/
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Hyphenation: wa‧cker; pre-1996: wak‧ker

Adjective

wacker (comparative wackerer, superlative am wackersten)

(dated) brave
(dated) efficient
(dated) alert, vigilant, waker

Synonyms

(brave): mutig
(efficent): tüchtig
(vigilant): wachsam

References

wacker in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891

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