Meanings
plural Zuckerbergs
- An Ashkenazic Jewish surname from German.
With TikTok's future now increasingly unclear, and Facebook reporting a stronger than expected performance in Q2, Zuckerberg is now a centibillionaire, joining Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates in the $100 billion club, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
2020 August 7, Jason Murdock, “Zuckerberg Becomes Centibillionaire after Trump Threatens TikTok Ban, Instagram Reels Launches”, in Newsweek, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2020
present singular third person Zuckerbergs · participle present Zuckerberging · participle past Zuckerberged · past Zuckerberged
- informalTo behave like Mark Zuckerberg, especially to eject a co-investor by diluting their stock, similar to the alleged treatment of Eduardo Saverin.
We are Zuckerberging it! All those investors who turned us down just don't get it.
2016, Tomer Sharon, Validating Product Ideas: Through Lean User Research, page 1053 more examples
If there hadn't been 2,000 witnesses, I would have Zuckerberged the idea for myself.
2012 March 20, Bill Simmons, “NBA Trade Value, Part 1”, in GrantlandRobin's claim that she created Marshall's Minnesota Tidal Wave cocktail, which leads to Marshall accusing her of “Zuckerberging” him (“The Time Travelers”).
2014, Jesse McLean, Wait For It: The Legendary Story of How I Met Your MotherWe see as much in the finale: Summer helps the Devil build up the n33dful.com digital empire, and he kicks her out just after he’s bought by Google. “You’re Zuckerberging me!?” Summer cries as she’s carried away by security.
2018 August 3, Corey Plante, “'Rick and Morty' Failed to Make Us Hate Capitalism With Pluto and the Devil”, in Inverse
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
- Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
- Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
- Middle Persian𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)
- Arabicسُكَّر (sukkar)
- Italianzucchero
- Middle High Germanzucker
- GermanZucker
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰerǵʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰérǵʰos
- Proto-Germanic*bergaz
- Proto-West Germanic*berg
- Old High Germanbërg
- Middle High Germanbërc
- GermanBerg
- GermanZuckerberg
- EnglishZuckerberg
Borrowed from German Zuckerberg. From German Zucker (“sugar”) + Berg (“mountain”).
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German Zuckerberg
- ZuckerbergAshkenazic Jewish surname of German origin
Greek Ζάκερμπεργκ
- Ζάκερμπεργκ (Zákermpergk)Ashkenazic Jewish surname of German origin
Hebrew צוקרברג
- צוקרברגAshkenazic Jewish surname of German origin
Russian Цу́керберг, Цукербе́рг
- Цу́керберг (Cúkerberg)Ashkenazic Jewish surname of German origin
- Цукербе́рг (Cukerbérg)Ashkenazic Jewish surname of German origin
Yiddish צוקערבערג
- צוקערבערג (tsukerberg)Ashkenazic Jewish surname of German origin
Cite this entry
Zuckerberg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zuckerberg
“Zuckerberg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zuckerberg. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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