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Rucksack

Definition: Rucksack

Rucksack

Noun

1. 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: Rucksack

Synonyms: back pack (n), backpack (n), haversack (n), knapsack (n), packsack (n). (additional references)

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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).

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Modern Usage: Rucksack

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Ein Rucksack voller Lügen (1996)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Rucksack

DomainTitle

Books

  • Apartheid in my rucksack (reference)

  • Das geheimnisvolle Buch : aus dem Rucksack von Andrì (reference)

  • Meine Flügel im Rucksack : Gedichte (reference)

  • Mit dem Rucksack um die Schweiz : auf Pfaden, Strassen und Wanderwegen, 1200 KM hinauf und hinunter, durch 17 Kantone und 5 Länder (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Rucksack

Computer Images:
Rucksack

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Usage Frequency: Rucksack

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%24219,213

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Rucksack

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
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.

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Modern Translation: Rucksack

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.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Rucksack

Derivations

Words beginning with "rucksack": rucksacks. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Rucksack" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Fucksake, rucksacked, rucksake. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Rucksack

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

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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