Masculine
Meaning
- (masculine,strong) back
- (abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,informal,masculine,strong) back
- (abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,masculine,strong) Ellipsis of Buchrücken (“spine of a book”).
Concepts
Synonyms
Gebirgsrücken
Überhang
Felsband
Höhenzug
Rückenmuskulatur
Gebirgszug
Beilrücken
Dorsum
Lumbalregion
Höhenrücken
Gebirgsformation
Kordillere
Felsplatt
Bergkette
Gebirgskette
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
buggel
Basel-Landschaft
rugge
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Hyphenated as
Rü‧cken
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʁʏkn̩/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German rücke, from Old High German rucki, akin to Old Saxon hruggi, both from Proto-West Germanic *hrugi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz. More at ridge.
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