spack
Appearance
See also: späck
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly a contraction of spastic (as a term of abuse).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]spack (plural spacks)
- (UK, slang, derogatory, offensive) A person with cerebral palsy.
- (UK, slang, derogatory, offensive) An incompetent or physically uncoordinated person.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:spack.
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[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle Low German spak (“thin, dry, brittle”) from spake (“brushwood”). Or from rare Middle Low German spak (“tame, calm”) from an unknown source.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]spack (strong nominative masculine singular spacker, comparative spacker, superlative am spacksten)
- (regional, Northern Germany, usually of people) thin, scrawny (having an unusually low amount of both muscle and fat)
- 1912, Gerhart Hauptmann, Gabriel Schillings Flucht[1]:
- Wirklich, du siehst ausgezeichnet aus. Etwas spack natürlich, das macht die Stadt; aber wie du daherkamst, mit Jünglingsschritten, da sahst du wie 'n mittlerer Zwanziger aus.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (regional, Northern Germany, of wood) dry, brittle
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of spack
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist spack | sie ist spack | es ist spack | sie sind spack | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | spacker | spacke | spackes | spacke |
genitive | spacken | spacker | spacken | spacker | |
dative | spackem | spacker | spackem | spacken | |
accusative | spacken | spacke | spackes | spacke | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der spacke | die spacke | das spacke | die spacken |
genitive | des spacken | der spacken | des spacken | der spacken | |
dative | dem spacken | der spacken | dem spacken | den spacken | |
accusative | den spacken | die spacke | das spacke | die spacken | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein spacker | eine spacke | ein spackes | (keine) spacken |
genitive | eines spacken | einer spacken | eines spacken | (keiner) spacken | |
dative | einem spacken | einer spacken | einem spacken | (keinen) spacken | |
accusative | einen spacken | eine spacke | ein spackes | (keine) spacken |
Comparative forms of spack
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist spacker | sie ist spacker | es ist spacker | sie sind spacker | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | spackerer | spackere | spackeres | spackere |
genitive | spackeren | spackerer | spackeren | spackerer | |
dative | spackerem | spackerer | spackerem | spackeren | |
accusative | spackeren | spackere | spackeres | spackere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der spackere | die spackere | das spackere | die spackeren |
genitive | des spackeren | der spackeren | des spackeren | der spackeren | |
dative | dem spackeren | der spackeren | dem spackeren | den spackeren | |
accusative | den spackeren | die spackere | das spackere | die spackeren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein spackerer | eine spackere | ein spackeres | (keine) spackeren |
genitive | eines spackeren | einer spackeren | eines spackeren | (keiner) spackeren | |
dative | einem spackeren | einer spackeren | einem spackeren | (keinen) spackeren | |
accusative | einen spackeren | eine spackere | ein spackeres | (keine) spackeren |
Superlative forms of spack
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