hacker

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• Received-Pronunciation: /hækə/
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• General-American: /hækəɹ/
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• rhymes with -ækə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 K ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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English, Dutch, German and Jewish occupational surname, all from the noun hacker (“one who hacks”). The Jewish form probably arrives via Yiddish העקער (heker), from צעהאַקן (tsehakn) (see German hacken).

From Late Middle English hackere, hakker, hakkere (“one who cuts wood, woodchopper, woodcutter; (rare) tool for cutting wood”), from hakken, hacke (“to cut (something) with a chopping action, hack; to make a chopping action”) + -er(e) (suffix forming agent nouns). Hakken is derived from Old English *haccian (“to hack”), from Proto-West Germanic *hakkōn (“to chop, hack”), from Proto-Germanic *hakkōną (“to chop, hack”), from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“to be sharp; a handle; a hook; a peg”). The English word may be analysed as hack (“to chop or cut down in a rough manner”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

Possibly from hack(ney cab) (“carriage pulled by a hackney horse, or motorized vehicle, available for public hire”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

From hack (“(obsolete) to confuse or mangle (words) when speaking”) + -er (suffix forming frequentative verbs).

124 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: hakkaaja — one who cuts with heavy or rough blows
• Finnish: tumpelo — one who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular activity
• Finnish: tumpula — one who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular activity
• Italian: principiante — one who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular activity
• Abkhaz: апрограммазҟазаҩ (apʼrogrammazqʼazajw) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Albanian: hacker — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Arabic: هَاكِر (hākir) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Arabic: مُخْتَرِق (muḵtariq) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Arabic: قُرْصَان (qurṣān) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Arabic: هَكَر (hakar) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Armenian: հաքեր (hakʻer) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Azerbaijani: haker — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Belarusian: ха́кер (xákjer) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Bengali: হ্যাকার (hêkar) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Bulgarian: ха́кер (háker) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Burmese: ဟက်ကာ (hakka) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Chinese Cantonese: 黑客 (hak1 haak3, haak1 haak3) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Chinese Mandarin: 黑客 (hēikè) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Chinese Mandarin: 駭客 /骇客 (hàikè) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Czech: hacker — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Danish: hacker — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Estonian: häkker — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Faroese: teldusníkur — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Finnish: hakkeri — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Finnish: tietomurtautuja — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• French: hacker — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• French: hackeur — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• French: hackeuse — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• French: fouineur — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• French: fouineuse — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• French: pirate — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• French: pirate informatique — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Georgian: ჰაკერი (haḳeri) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Georgian: ხაკერი (xaḳeri) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• German: Hacker — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• German: Hackerin — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Greek: χάκερ (cháker) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Hebrew: האקר (haker) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Hebrew: קראקר (kraker) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Hindi: हैकर (haikar) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Hungarian: hacker — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Hungarian: hekker — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Icelandic: hjakkari — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Icelandic: hakkari — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Icelandic: tölvuhakkari — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Icelandic: tölvuþrjótur — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Icelandic: tölvurefur — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Indonesian: peretas — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Irish: haiceálaí — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Italian: pirata informatico — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Italian: pirata informatica — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Japanese: ハッカー (hakkā) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Kazakh: хакер (xaker) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Khmer: អ្នកលួចចូល (nĕək luəc coul) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Korean: 해커 (haekeo) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Kyrgyz: хакер (haker) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Latin: effractarius electronicus — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Latvian: hakeris — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Latvian: urķis — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Lithuanian: hakeris — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Macedonian: ха́кер (háker) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Malay: penggodam — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Marathi: हॅकर (hĕkar) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Norwegian Bokmål: hacker — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Norwegian Bokmål: datasnok — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Norwegian Bokmål: datasnoker — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hackar — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Norwegian Nynorsk: datasnok — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Norwegian Nynorsk: datasnokar — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Persian: هکر (haker) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Persian: رخنهگر (rexne-gar) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Polish: haker — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Polish: hakerka — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Portuguese: hacker — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Romanian: hacker — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Russian: ха́кер (xáker) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Russian: взло́мщик (vzlómščik) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Serbo-Croatian: ха̏кер — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Serbo-Croatian: кракер — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Serbo-Croatian: hȁker — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Serbo-Croatian: kraker — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Slovak: heker — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Slovene: heker — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Spanish: hácker — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Spanish: hacker — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Spanish: jáquer — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Spanish: pirata informático — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Spanish: jacker — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Spanish: cacharrero — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Swahili: mdukuzi — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Swedish: hackare — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Tajik: рахнагар (raxnagar) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Tajik: хакер (xaker) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Thai: แฮ็กเกอร์ (hɛ́k-gə̂ə) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Turkish: bilgisayar korsanı — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Turkish: çökertici — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Ukrainian: ха́кер (xáker) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Urdu: ہیکر (haikar) — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Uzbek: haker — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Vietnamese: hacker — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Vietnamese: tin tặc — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Welsh: haciwr — one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems
• Finnish: hakkeri — one who applies a novel method, etc., to something to increase ease, efficiency, or productivity
• Finnish: hakkeri — someone who cheats or gains an unfair advantage in a video game by means of a disallowed modification to the game
• Macedonian: ха́кер (háker) — someone who cheats or gains an unfair advantage in a video game by means of a disallowed modification to the game
• Bulgarian: ха́кер (háker) — one who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer
• Esperanto: kodumulo — one who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer
• Finnish: koodari — one who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer
• Italian: smanettone — one who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer
• Macedonian: ха́кер (háker) — one who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer
• Macedonian: програме́р (programér) — one who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer
• Māori: mūrere — one who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer
• Polish: haker — one who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer
• Russian: ха́кер (xáker) — one who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer
• Russian: компью́терщик (kompʹjúterščik) — one who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer
• Russian: компью́терщица (kompʹjúterščica) — one who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer
• Russian: программи́ст (programmíst) — one who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer
• Russian: программи́стка (programmístka) — one who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer
• Swedish: hackare — one who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer
• Finnish: hakkuri — something that hacks; device or tool for hacking
• Finnish: vesuri — something that hacks; device or tool for hacking
• Latvian: urķis — something that hacks; device or tool for hacking
• Finnish: hakku — fork-shaped tool used to harvest root vegetables
• Macedonian: мо́тика (mótika) — fork-shaped tool used to harvest root vegetables