Zucker

German Zucker. The Zucker rat is named after researchers Lois M. Zucker and Theodore F. Zucker.

Zucker (plural Zuckers)

1. A surname from German.

Zucker (plural Zuckers)

1. A kind of rat bred as a genetic model for research on obesity and hypertension.
   • 2012, Obesity: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional, page 56:

     Obese Zuckers, compared to leans, consumed more food under free-feeding conditions.

From Middle High German zucker, from Old High German zuckar, from early Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر‎ (sukkar), from Persian شکر‎ (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “grit, gravel; ground or candied sugar”). Cognates include Czech cukr and Dutch suiker.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sʊkɐ/
• Rhymes: -ʊkɐ
• Hyphenation: Zu‧cker; pre-1996: Zuk‧ker

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Zucker m (strong, genitive Zuckers, plural Zucker)

1. (usually uncountable) sugar

   ein Stück Zucker ― a lump of sugar

2. (uncountable, slightly informal) diabetes

   Synonyms: Diabetes, Zuckerkrankheit

   Zucker haben ― to be a diabetic

• → Czech: cukr
• → Kashubian: cëczer
• → Estonian: suhkur
• → Livonian: sukker
  • → Latvian: cukurs
    • → Livonian: tsukkõr
• → Hungarian: cukor
• → Lower Sorbian: cukor
• → Polish: cukier
  • → Kildin Sami: цӯкер (cūk’er)
  • → Old Ruthenian: цу́коръ (cúkor)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: цу̏кар, цу̏кер

  Latin script: cȕkar, cȕker

• → Slovene: cuker
• → Slovak: cukor
• → Upper Sorbian: cokor

• Zuckerl
• Zuckerberg

Zucker m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Zuckers or (with an article) Zucker, feminine genitive Zucker, plural Zuckers or Zucker)

1. a surname

• English: Zucker
• Polish: Cukier

• “Zucker” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Zucker” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Zucker” in Duden online

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sukɐ/

Zucker m (plural Zuckre)

1. sugar

   Ich drinke Kaffii mit Zucker.

   I drink coffee with sugar.

   Zufiel Zucker is net gud fer die Zeen.

   Too much sugar isn't good for the teeth.

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary