Rucksack
German, noun/ˈʁʊkzak/
Rucksack is spelled R-U-C-K-S-A-C-K (8 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,647th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rucksack is a German masculine noun meaning “backpack” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sackartige, beutelartige, verschnürbare oder verschließbare, aus Stoff, Leder oder Kunstleder gefertigte…”.
What does Rucksack mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebackpack
- 2
masculinerucksack (large, rugged backpack)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sackartige, beutelartige, verschnürbare oder verschließbare, aus Stoff, Leder oder Kunstleder gefertigte Tragetasche, die auf dem Rücken getragen werden kann und die zu diesem Zwecke mit Tragriemen versehen ist
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Rucksack
- Rucksackes genitive
- Rucksacks genitive
- Rucksäcke plural
- Rucksacke dative singular
- Rucksäcken dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rucksack?
- /ˈʁʊkzak/
- [ˈʁʊkˌzak]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Rucksack
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rucksack in German?
Rucksack appears 11 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).