# der Wackes

der Wackes is a German noun meaning “rascal”. Forms: des Wackeses, die Wackese.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Wackeses
- Plural: die Wackese

## Meanings

1. _derogatory_ rascal, loafer, good-for-nothing.
2. _derogatory_ a Romance-speaker.
3. _derogatory · historical · offensive_ a native of Alsace-Lorraine, especially one who speaks a Romance language and/or a nonstandard dialect of German.
   - Und wenn Sie dabei so einen Wackes über den Haufen stechen, so schadet es nichts. Sie bekommen von mir dann noch zehn Mark Belohnung. — If you stab such a Wackes in the process, it won't do any harm. I'll give you a ten mark reward.

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