Tacken

(Tiếng Anh)

1. (Northern-Germany, colloquial, masculine, regional, strong) A bit, a tad, a degree, a level (in the context of “more” and “less”)
2. (Northern-Germany, colloquial, masculine, regional, strong) quid, bucks (a term for money)

Phát âm là (IPA)

/ˈtakən/

Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

Có liên quan đến Tiếng Đức: Zacken

Có liên quan đến Tiếng Hà Lan: tak

Có liên quan đến Tiếng Đức: einen Zahn zulegen

In summary

Borrowed from German Low German Tack, Tacken (“jag, tooth”). Cognate with German Zacken (“idem”) and Dutch tak (“branch”). The modern sense is from mechanics, that is from machines in which different steps or stages are set by means of a gear wheel. Compare the German einen Zahn zulegen (“to hurry up”). Doublet of Zacke and Zacken.

Từ đồng nghĩa

Groschen

zehn Pfenning

10-Cent-Stück

10-Pfennig-Stück

10-Pfennig-Münze