Kuckuckskind
German, noun/ˈkʊkʊksˌkɪnt/
Kuckuckskind is spelled K-U-C-K-U-C-K-S-K-I-N-D (12 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 228,970th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kuckuckskind is a German neuter noun meaning “a child fathered by someone other than the mother’s husband or partner, especially if this latter is kept unaware of the situation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Kuckuckskind mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutera child fathered by someone other than the mother’s husband or partner, especially if this latter is kept unaware of the situation
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Kuckuckskind
- Kuckuckskindes genitive
- Kuckuckskinds genitive
- Kuckuckskinder plural
- Kuckuckskinde dative singular
- Kuckuckskindern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kuckuckskind?
- /ˈkʊkʊksˌkɪnt/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kuckuckskind in German?
Kuckuckskind appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).