Hacker

See also: hacker and hácker

English

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/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -akɐ

    Noun

    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
    Declension of Hacker [masculine, strong]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein der Hacker die Hacker
    genitive eines des Hackers der Hacker
    dative einem dem Hacker den Hackern
    accusative einen den Hacker die Hacker

    Etymology 2

    Unadapted borrowing from English hacker.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈhɛkɐ/, (rare) /ˈhakɐ/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Audio (rare):(file)

    Noun

    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], Berlin: taz, die tageszeitung Verlagsgenossenschaft eG, →ISSN, archived from the original on 18 October 2026:
        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.
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    Declension
    Declension of Hacker [masculine, strong]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein der Hacker die Hacker
    genitive eines des Hackers der Hacker
    dative einem dem Hacker den Hackern
    accusative einen den Hacker die Hacker

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