Glucke
German, noun
Glucke is spelled G-L-U-C-K-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 146,442nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glucke is a German feminine noun meaning “brooding hen; hen with chicks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, glücke is a different word: “first-person singular present”. With an umlaut, Glücke is a different word: “dative of Glück”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Brütender oder Küken führender weiblicher Vogel, vor allem bei Haushühnern”.
What does Glucke mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebrooding hen; hen with chicks
- 2
feminineoverprotective mother
- 3
feminineeggar (moth of the family Lasiocampidae)
- 4
femininecauliflower mushroom (mushroom of the genus Sparassis)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
noun
- 1
dative of Glück
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Brütender oder Küken führender weiblicher Vogel, vor allem bei Haushühnern 2. übertrieben fürsorgliche Mutter 3. Vertreter der Nachtfalter-Familie Lasiocampidae 4. Pilz, Vertreter der Gattung Sparassis aus der Ordnung der Porenpilze
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 Glucke
- Glucken plural
- Klucke alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Glucke
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Glucke in German?
Glucke appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).