Jacke

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈjakə/

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• Hyphenation: Ja‧cke

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

1. jacket

• Jacke wie Hose

• → Greater Polish: jaka
• → Kashubian: jaka

• Janker
• Sakko

• “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

• IPA^(key): /²jakɛ/

Jacke c (genitive Jackes)

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