Gurkenglas
German, noun/ˈɡʊʁkənɡlaːs/
Gurkenglas is spelled G-U-R-K-E-N-G-L-A-S (10 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written German, the 293,729th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gurkenglas is a German neuter noun meaning “pickle jar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vorratsgefäß aus Glas für eingelegte Gurken”.
What does Gurkenglas mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterpickle jar
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vorratsgefäß aus Glas für eingelegte Gurken
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 Gurkenglas
- Gurkenglases genitive
- Gurkengläser plural
- Gurkenglase dative singular
- Gurkengläsern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gurkenglas?
- /ˈɡʊʁkənɡlaːs/
- [ɡʊɐ̯-]
- Germany [-kn̩-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gurkenglas in German?
Gurkenglas appears about once in every 26 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).