Kuckucksuhr
German, noun/ˈkʊkʊksˌʔuːɐ̯/
Kuckucksuhr is spelled K-U-C-K-U-C-K-S-U-H-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 86,281st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kuckucksuhr is a German feminine noun meaning “cuckoo clock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zumeist kunstvoll gestaltete Wanduhr, bei der zu jeder halben und vollen Stunde eine Kuckucksfigur von einem…”.
What does Kuckucksuhr mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecuckoo clock
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zumeist kunstvoll gestaltete Wanduhr, bei der zu jeder halben und vollen Stunde eine Kuckucksfigur von einem Kuckucksruf begleitet aus einer sich öffnenden Tür hervorspringt
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 Kuckucksuhr
- Kuckucksuhren plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kuckucksuhr?
- /ˈkʊkʊksˌʔuːɐ̯/
- [ˈkʊkʊksˌʔuːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kuckucksuhr in German?
Kuckucksuhr appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).