fluke
[fluːk]
The verdict
“fluke” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Flunder
Corpus desk
Index DE-fluke · fluke · German
fluke · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fluke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fluːk] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „fluke“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
fluke is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [fluːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
fluke has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is fluke, spelled F-L-U-K-E.
Definition
- 1die Flunder
- 2der Plattwurm
- 3die Fluke; Schwanzflosse von Walen
- 4Widerhaken einer Harpune
- 5glücklicher Zufall, Glücksfall, Schwein, Dusel
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fluke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The first goal was just a fluke.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.