kuk

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The verdict

“kuk” is uncommon German (frequency #67,412 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,412
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das männliche Geschlechtsorgan; Schwanz

Corpus desk

Index DE-kuk · kuk · German

kuk · rank #67,412 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,412
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kubikmetern

Nearest frequency peer: Kubikmetern (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „kuk“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „kuk“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kuk
PropertyValue
Headwordkuk
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#67,412
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „kuk“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).kukfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kubikmetern“ (#67,411), „Kulturförderung“ (#67,413), „kropp“ (#67,409). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „kuk“ bei #67,412. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kuk is uncommon German at frequency #67,412 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das männliche Geschlechtsorgan; Schwanz".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kuk, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is kuk, spelled K-U-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    das männliche Geschlechtsorgan; Schwanz

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how kuk appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. När vi duschade efter gympan tittade jag på deras kukar.

This word in other languages

cock(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kuk"?
"kuk" is spelled K-U-K. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "kuk" mean?
As a noun, "kuk" means: das männliche Geschlechtsorgan; Schwanz
How do you pronounce "kuk"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kuk" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kuk" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kuk", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

LDL#67,440KGV#67,383mud#67,530nef#67,550

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list