Kacke

See also: kacke and käcke

German

Alternative forms

• K*ck*, K*cke (censored)
• Kack

Etymology

An onomatopoeic creation relating to the sound a baby makes when pressing while defecating (“a-a-”); compare Aa machen as well as Latin cacō, Ancient Greek κακκάω (kakkáō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkakə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Ka‧cke; version deprecated in the 1996 spelling reform: Kak‧ke

Noun

Kacke f (genitive Kacke, no plural)

1. (slightly vulgar) crap (something of poor quality; feces)

Declension

Declension of Kacke [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kacke
genitive	einer	der	Kacke
dative	einer	der	Kacke
accusative	eine	die	Kacke

Synonyms

• (feces): Exkrement n (very formal)
• (feces): Kaviar m (paraphilia)
• (feces): Kot m (formal)
• (something of poor quality; feces): Scheiße f (vulgar)
• (feces): Stuhl m (medical jargon)
• (feces): A-a n (children's speech)

Derived terms

• abkacken
• kackbraun
• kacken
• verkacken

Further reading

• “Kacke” in Duden online
• “Kacke” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache