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Definition: Rucksack |
RucksackNoun1. A bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: RucksackSynonyms: back pack (n), backpack (n), haversack (n), knapsack (n), packsack (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Rucksack |
| English words defined with "rucksack": bob. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Rucksack" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. German (backpack, backpackUS, pack, packsack, rucksack). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Ein Rucksack voller Lügen (1996) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Rucksack" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Rucksack" is used about 242 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 242 | 19,213 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
rucksack | 46 |
army rucksack | 4 |
curtis rucksack | 4 |
lightweight rucksack | 2 |
nva rucksack | 2 |
fund rucksack uk wildlife | 2 |
rucksack swiss | 2 |
delivery highland rucksack way west | 2 |
leather rucksack | 2 |
arvn rucksack | 2 |
delivery highland rucksack service way west | 2 |
fund rucksack wildlife | 2 |
military rucksack | 2 |
filson rucksack | 2 |
killah rucksack | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "rucksack"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | çantëshpine. (various references) | |
Arabic | حقيبة ظهر (knapsack). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | раница (carrier bag, haversack, knapsack, pack). (various references) | |
Catalan | motxilla. (various references) | |
Chinese | 背包 (blanket roll, field pack, infantry pack, knapsack). (various references) | |
Czech | ruksak (knapsack), batoh (knapsack). (various references) | |
Danish | rygsæk. (various references) | |
Dutch | rugzak, knapzak (backpack, knapsack). (various references) | |
Esperanto | dorsosako. (various references) | |
Finnish | reppu (knapsack), selkäreppu (knapsack). (various references) | |
French | sac tyrolien, sac de montagne, sac dos. (various references) | |
German | Rucksack (backpack, backpackUS, pack, packsack). (various references) | |
Greek | σακίδιο (haversack, kitbag, knapsack). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ילקוט (anthology, bag, compilation, knack, magazine, pouch, satchel, school bag), תרמיל 'ב (knapsack, pack). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hátizsák (backpack, backsack, barrack bag, haversack, knapsack, pack). (various references) | |
Indonesian | ransel (backpack, duffle bag, kit, knapsack). (various references) | |
Italian | zaino (backpack, knapsack, pack). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | リューマチ熱 (backpack, bullpen car, bullpen cart, lilas, lily skirt, linker, Lyon, lyophilization, lyric, lyrical, lyricism, relation, relational, relax, relaxation, relay, relay race, release, relief, relief pitcher, relocation service, rewind, rewrite, rheumatic fever). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | リュックサック . (various references) | |
Korean | 륙색. (various references) | |
Manx | poagey drommey (haversack, knapsack). (various references) | |
Norwegian | ryggsekk (backpack, knapsack). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ucksackray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | saco de alpinista (knapsack), mochila de campismo. (various references) | |
Romanian | rucsac (knapsack). (various references) | |
Russian | рюкзак (backpack, haversack, knapsack, packsack, pack-sack). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ranac (backpack, kit bag, kitbag, knapsack, pack). (various references) | |
Spanish | mochila (backpack, backpacks, barracks bag, haversack, knapsack, pack). (various references) | |
Swedish | ryggsäck (backpack, haversack, knapsack, packsack). (various references) | |
Turkish | sırt çantası (back-pack, field pack, haversack, knapsack, pack), arka çantası. (various references) | |
Turkmen | rяukzak (r). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | рюкзак (bag, carryall, knapsack). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | cái ba lô. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "rucksack": rucksacks. (additional references) | |
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"Rucksack" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Fucksake, rucksacked, rucksake. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-k-k-r-s-u" | |
-2 letters: cracks, crucks. | |
-3 letters: arcus, carks, crack, cruck, racks, rucks, scaur. | |
-4 letters: arcs, arks, auks, cark, cars, cask, crus, curs, cusk, rack, ruck, rusk, sack, sark, scar, skua, suck, sura, ursa. | |
-5 letters: arc, ark, ars, ask, auk, car, cur, kas, ras, sac, sau, ska. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-k-k-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: rucksacks. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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