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Tacken

Tacken

See also: täcken

German

Alternative forms

  • Tacke

Noun

Tacken m ‎(genitive Tackens, plural Tacken)

  1. (colloquial, regional, chiefly Northern Germany) A bit, a tad, a degree, a level (in the context of “more” and “less”)
    Kannste die Heizung ’n Tacken aufdrehen?‎
    Could you turn the heating up a bit?
    Der kleine Tacken, den sie zu früh gestartet ist, hat ihr vielleicht den Sieg gebracht.‎
    That little tad she started early, may have given her the victory.
  2. (colloquial, regional, chiefly Northern Germany) quid, bucks (a term for money)
    Dat kost’ 20 Tacken.‎
    That's 20 quid.

Etymology

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 expression einen Zahn zulegen ‎(“to hurry up”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtakən/, [ˈtʰakʰ(ə)n], [ˈtʰa.ʔŋ]

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