Lecke
German, noun
Lecke is spelled L-E-C-K-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,749th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lecke is a German neuter noun meaning “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Leck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, lecke is a different word: “Inflected form of lecken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ort mit einem Salzblock/Salzstein, an dem im Wald Wildtiere oder auch auf der Weide Nutztiere Salz lecken…”.
What does Lecke mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuternominative/accusative/genitive plural of Leck
verb
- 1
Inflected form of lecken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ort mit einem Salzblock/Salzstein, an dem im Wald Wildtiere oder auch auf der Weide Nutztiere Salz lecken können 2. Nahrung/Nahrungsergänzung, die vom Tier über das Lecken/Fressen aufgenommen werden soll
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 Lecke
- Lecken nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Lecke in German?
Lecke appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).