Jacke

See also: jacke and jacké

German

Etymology

From Middle French jaque, originally a peasant garment, from the name Jacques (“James”), considered a typical peasant's name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjakə/

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• Hyphenation: Ja‧cke

Noun

Jacke f (genitive Jacke, plural Jacken, diminutive Jäckchen n)

1. jacket

Declension

Declension of Jacke [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Jacke	die	Jacken
genitive	einer	der	Jacke	der	Jacken
dative	einer	der	Jacke	den	Jacken
accusative	eine	die	Jacke	die	Jacken

Hyponyms

• Affenjacke
• Anzugjacke
• Bomberjacke
• Daunenjacke
• Fliegerjacke
• Kapuzenjacke
• Lederjacke
• Nerzjacke
• Regenjacke
• Sommerjacke
• Strickjacke
• Trachtenjacke
• Wildlederjacke
• Windjacke
• Winterjacke
• Wolljacke
• Zwangsjacke

 

Related terms

• Jacke wie Hose

Descendants

• → Kashubian: jaka

See also

• Janker
• Sakko

Further reading

• “Jacke” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Jacke” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Jacke” in Duden online
• “Jacke” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Jacke”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
• Jacke on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²jakɛ/

Proper noun

Jacke c (genitive Jackes)

1. a diminutive of the male given names Jakob or Jacob