Haeckse
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Blend of Hacker + Hexe (“witch”), attributed to Rena Tangens and Barbara Thoens.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛksə/
(file) - Homophone: Hexe
Noun
Haeckse f (genitive Haeckse, plural Haecksen)
- (rare, slang) Synonym of Hackerin (female hacker, especially in relation to the Chaos Computer Club)
- 2005 December 30, Heike Schmidt, “Ein Freiraum im hintersten Winkel des Kellers”, in Die Tageszeitung, →ISSN, page 20:
- Sie wollte mit dem Club ausschließlich für weibliche Computerinteressierte „klare Grenzen ziehen“. Mittlerweile gibt es 85 Haecksen im deutschsprachigen Raum, etwa zehn davon aus Berlin.
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Declension
Further reading
- Haeckse on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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