Kuckucksei
German, noun[ˈkʊkʊksˌʔaɪ̯]
Kuckucksei is spelled K-U-C-K-U-C-K-S-E-I (10 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 216,904th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kuckucksei is a German neuter noun meaning “cuckoo's egg” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Ei eines Kuckucks, das dieser gewöhnlich in Nester anderer Vogelarten legt”.
What does Kuckucksei mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutercuckoo's egg
- 2
colloquialneuterchild raised in a family, but of a different father
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Ei eines Kuckucks, das dieser gewöhnlich in Nester anderer Vogelarten legt 2. etwas einer Person oder einer Organisation Untergeschobenes, was sich für den Betroffenen oder die betroffene Organisation oft als nachteilig erweist 3. das Kind eines anderen Vaters, das in der Familie großgezogen wird
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 Kuckucksei
- Kuckuckseies genitive
- Kuckuckseis genitive
- Kuckuckseier plural
- Kuckuckseie dative singular
- Kuckuckseiern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kuckucksei?
- [ˈkʊkʊksˌʔaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kuckucksei in German?
Kuckucksei 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).