Bugger
The term Macker (from Low German : macker “comrade”, “employee”; in Dutch: makker ) is sometimes used colloquially as a derogatory term for a man who portrays himself excessively masculine and is therefore related to terms like chauvi or macho . But it can also neutrally designate the life partner or in general a “ guy ” or work colleague .
In a second meaning that has been forgotten today, the term “Macker” denotes a castrated domestic sire (donkey gelding).
etymology
According to E. Seebold, the Low German model macker could be based on a sociative education in the sense of "who (together) does something with another". If his assumption, supported by the reference to the Old English gemaca / gemæcca (“companion”), is correct, then Old High German (ga) mahhari (“author”) could also be used as a kind of analogue of the Low German macker .
literature
- Friedrich Kluge , Elmar Seebold : Etymological dictionary of the German language . 24th edition, Berlin / New York 2002, p. 587.
- Boris Parashkewow: words and names of the same origin and structure. Lexicon of etymological duplicates in German . Berlin / New York 2004, p. 205.
