When you hear 'rucksack' are you hearing English or German?

'Rucksack' is a word borrowed from German 'Rückensack'. The word entered the English language some time around 1879.

rucksack [noun] [1879]

Knapsack

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Etymology: German, from German dialect, from 'Rucken' back + 'Sack' sack

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