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rucsac
backpack /rukˈsak/
noun#5103 most common
Also: rucksack, knapsack
Example sentences
Am un rucsac nou.
I have a new backpack.
Rucsacul meu este albastru.
My backpack is blue.
Pun cărțile în rucsac înainte de școală.
I put the books in the backpack before school.
Am uitat rucsacul în autobuz și a trebuit să mă întorc după el.
I forgot my backpack on the bus and had to go back for it.
Rucsacurile turiștilor erau pline de echipament pentru drumeție.
The tourists' backpacks were full of hiking gear.
Deși rucsacul părea ușor la început, spre finalul traseului montan greutatea lui devenise aproape insuportabilă.
Although the backpack seemed light at first, by the end of the mountain trail its weight had become almost unbearable.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rucsac | rucsacuri |
| Genitive | rucsacului | rucsacurilor |
| Accusative | rucsac | rucsacuri |
| Vocative | rucsacule | rucsacurilor |
Word family
rucsacbackpack
rucsăcelsmall backpack, daypack (diminutive)
sacsack, bagrucsaculthe backpack (definite form)
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "rucsac" from German "Rucksack", a compound of "Rücken" (back) and "Sack" (bag, sack). The word spread across Europe alongside German hiking and mountaineering culture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Romanian adapted the German spelling to its own phonetic writing system.
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