Itaker

German

Etymology

First attested in the 1960s, from the military slang term Itaka, an abbreviation of italienischer Kamerad (“Italian comrade”). Similar forms have been used as early as World War I.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːtakɐ/

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Noun

Itaker m (strong, genitive Itakers, plural Itaker, feminine Itakerin)

1. (dated, ethnic slur) wop (an Italian)
   • 2011, Josef Bierbichler, Mittelreich‎^[1], Suhrkamp Verlag, →ISBN:

     Die Itaker und Katzelmacher, wie sie gern geheißen wurden, hatten ziemlich zugenommen in der letzten Zeit, auch auf dem Land heraußen.

     Dagos and wops, as they were often called, have been growing in number by quite a lot recently, even out here in the country.

Declension

Declension of Itaker [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Itaker	die	Itaker
genitive	eines	des	Itakers	der	Itaker
dative	einem	dem	Itaker	den	Itakern
accusative	einen	den	Itaker	die	Itaker

Further reading

• “Itaker” in Duden online