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Linke

German, noun

Linke is spelled L-I-N-K-E (5 letters) and appears 72 times per million words in written German, the 1,189th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Linke is a German feminine noun meaning “left hand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of Linker: female leftist. In lower case, linke is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die links gelegene Hand”.

What does Linke mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineleft hand

  2. 2

    feminineleft (the left side)

  3. 3

    feminineleft wing

noun

  1. 1

    femininefemale equivalent of Linker: female leftist

noun

  1. 1

    masculinestrong nominative/accusative plural

  2. 2

    masculineweak nominative singular

adjective

as linke
  1. 1

    femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular

  2. 2

    strong nominative/accusative plural

  3. 3

    weak nominative all-gender singular

  4. 4

    feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular

verb

as linke
  1. 1

    first-person singular present

  2. 2

    first/third-person singular subjunctive I

  3. 3

    singular imperative

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. die links gelegene Hand 2. Gruppe politisch Aktiver, die dem linken Spektrum zugerechnet werden 3. eine politisch links eingestellte weibliche Person 4. ein Boxhieb von links

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 Linke

  • die Linke definite nominative
  • Linker genitive
  • der Linken definite genitive
  • die Linken definite plural
  • Linken dative plural strong
  • den Linken dative plural
  • eine Linke nominative singular
  • keine Linken nominative plural
  • einer Linken genitive singular
  • keiner Linken genitive plural
  • keinen Linken dative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to Linke

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Linke in German?

Linke appears 72 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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