zakken

Meaning

1. (intransitive) to fall, to drop, to sink
2. (intransitive) to come down, to go down
3. (intransitive) to fail, to flunk
4. (transitive) to calm down

Frequency

Hyphenated as

zak‧ken

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈzɑkə(n)/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch *sacken, from Old Dutch *sackon, from Proto-Germanic *sakkōną, further etymology unknown, perhaps from a denasalized derivative of *sinkwaną (“to sink”); compare English sag. According to Kluge, related to zak (“sack”). Found natively only in the West Germanic languages.

Cognate with English

sag

New

zak

1. (masculine) a pliable container made of textile, leather or paper such as bag, sack, sachet and pouch
2. (masculine) a pocket
3. (masculine,slang) a scrotum
4. (masculine,offensive,slang,vulgar) A contraction of such insults for males as klootzak or rotzak, referring to the scrotum, roughly equivalent to "asshole".
5. (masculine,obsolete,slang,vulgar) a whore, cunt