Flanke
German, noun/ˈflaŋkə/
Flanke is spelled F-L-A-N-K-E (6 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written German, the 12,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flanke is a German feminine noun meaning “flank, side (of the body)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Seite des Körpers vierbeiniger Säugetiere”.
What does Flanke mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineflank, side (of the body)
- 2
feminineflank (side of the field)
- 3
femininecross (ball from the flank towards the centre)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Seite des Körpers vierbeiniger Säugetiere 2. Übergang eines Signals zwischen zwei Zuständen 3. die äußeren Seiten einer Armee 4. die Hereingabe des Balles vom äußeren Bereich des Spielfeldes vor das gegnerische Tor
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Flanke
- Flanken plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Flanke?
- /ˈflaŋkə/
- [ˈflaŋkə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Flanke
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Flanke in German?
Flanke appears 4.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).