# Zucker
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈzʌ.kəɹ/
* Rhymes: -ʌkəɹ
* Hyphenation: Zuc‧ker

### Proper noun

Zucker (plural Zuckers)
* A surname from German.

#### Related terms

* Cukier
* Cukierman
* Cukiermann
* Zuckerberg
* Zuckerman
* Zuckermann
* Zuker
* Zukerberg
* Zukerman
* Zukermann

#### Translations
### Noun

Zucker (plural Zuckers)
* 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.

### Further reading

* Zucker (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Zucker rat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡sʊkɐ/
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* Rhymes: -ʊkɐ
* Hyphenation: Zu‧cker; pre-1996: Zuk‧ker

### Etymology 1

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, Hungarian cukor and Dutch suiker.

#### Noun

Zucker m (strong, genitive Zuckers, plural Zucker)
* (usually uncountable) sugar
    ein Stück Zucker ― a lump of sugar
* (uncountable, slightly informal) diabetes
    Synonyms: Diabetes, Zuckerkrankheit
    Zucker haben ― to be a diabetic

##### Hyponyms

* Blutzucker
* brauner Zucker
* Fruchtzucker
* Gelierzucker
* Kandelzucker
* Kandiszucker
* Kristallzucker
* Malzzucker
* Milchzucker
* Puderzucker
* Rohrzucker
* Rohzucker
* Traubenzucker
* Vanillezucker
* Würfelzucker
* Zimtzucker

##### Derived terms

* zuckerhaltig
* zuckerig
* zuckern
* zuckrig

##### Related terms

* seinem Affen Zucker geben
* Zuckerahorn
* Zuckeraustauschstoff
* Zuckerbäcker
* Zuckerbäckerei
* Zuckerbäckerin
* Zuckerberg
* Zuckerbrot
* Zuckercouleur
* Zuckerdose
* Zuckererbse
* Zuckerersatzstoff
* Zuckerfabrik
* Zuckerfee
* Zuckerfest
* zuckerfrei
* Zuckergast
* Zuckergehalt
* Zuckerglasur
* Zuckerguß
* Zuckerguss
* Zuckerhaushalt
* Zuckerhut
* Zuckerindustrie
* Zuckerkrankheit
* Zuckerlöffel
* Zuckermann
* Zuckermelone
* Zuckerpflaume
* Zuckerphosphat
* Zuckerplantage
* Zuckerraffinerie
* Zuckerrohr
* Zuckerrübe
* Zuckerschale
* Zuckerschlecken
* Zuckerschote
* Zuckerstange
* Zuckersteuer
* Zuckerstreuer
* Zuckerstück
* Zuckerstückchen
* zuckersüss
* zuckersüß
* Zuckertomate
* Zuckertüte
* Zuckerware
* Zuckerwasser
* Zuckerwatte
* Zuckerwerk
* Zuckerwürfel

##### Descendants

* → Czech: cukr
* → Kashubian: cëczer
* → Estonian: suhkur
* → Livonian: sukker
** → Latvian: cukurs
*** → Livonian: tsukkõr
* → Hungarian: cukor
* → Lower Sorbian: cukor
* → Polish: cukier
** → Old Ruthenian: цꙋкоръ (cukor), цу́коръ (cúkor), цю́коръ (cjúkor)
*** Belarusian: цу́кар (cúkar)
*** Carpathian Rusyn: цу́кор (cúkor)
*** Ukrainian: цу́кор (cúkor); цу́кар (cúkar), цу́кер (cúker), цу́кур (cúkur) (dialectal)
* → Slovak: cukor
* → Slovene: cukar
* → Upper Sorbian: cokor

#### See also

* Zuckerl
* Zuckerberg

#### Proper noun

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

##### Related terms

* Zuckerberg
* Zuckermann

##### Descendants

* English: Zucker
* Polish: Cukier

### Etymology 2

zucken +‎ -er.

#### Noun

Zucker m (strong, genitive Zuckers, plural Zucker)
* (chiefly Austria, informal) a twitching, jerking motion

##### Synonyms

* Zuck

##### Related terms

* Auszucker

### Further reading

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

## Hunsrik
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡sukɐ/

### Noun

Zucker m (plural Zuckre)
* 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.

#### Derived terms

* Zuckerbrod
* Zuckerschot
* Zuckerstang
* zuckre
* zuckrich

### Further reading

* Online Hunsrik Dictionary