Gedächtnislücke
German, noun/ɡəˈdɛçtnɪsˌlʏkə/
Gedächtnislücke is spelled G-E-D-Ä-C-H-T-N-I-S-L-Ü-C-K-E (15 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 216,904th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gedächtnislücke is a German feminine noun meaning “memory lapse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Lücke im Gedächtnis; also eine oder mehrere Erinnerungen, die einem fehlen”.
What does Gedächtnislücke mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininememory lapse
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lücke im Gedächtnis; also eine oder mehrere Erinnerungen, die einem fehlen
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 Gedächtnislücke
- Gedächtnislücken plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gedächtnislücke?
- /ɡəˈdɛçtnɪsˌlʏkə/
- [ɡəˈdɛçtnɪsˌlʏkə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gedächtnislücke in German?
Gedächtnislücke appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).