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socker

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Noun

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socker (uncountable)

  1. Dated spelling of soccer.

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish soker, from Middle Low German sucker, from Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šakar).

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Noun

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socker n

  1. (uncountable) sugar; sucrose in the form of small crystals
  2. (countable, biochemistry) sugar; any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy.
    • 2010, Jennie Molin, Utvärdering av potentialen för produktion av algbiobränsle vid en etanolanläggning[1] (thesis), Linköping University:
      Sockret i sirapen är främst pentoser (till exempel xylos) eftersom det är ett socker som jästsvamparna i etanolproduktionen inte förbrukar (Erlandsson, personlig kommunikation).
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Declension

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Declension of socker
nominative genitive
singular indefinite socker sockers
definite sockret sockrets
plural indefinite socker sockers
definite sockren sockrens

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Descendants

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  • Finnish: sokeri

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