Luchs
German, noun
Luchs is spelled L-U-C-H-S (5 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 37,432nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Luchs is a German masculine noun meaning “lynx” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, luchs is a different word: “singular imperative of luchsen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Tiergattung Lynx aus der Familie der Katzen ( Felinae)”.
What does Luchs mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelynx
verb
- 1
singular imperative of luchsen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tiergattung Lynx aus der Familie der Katzen ( Felinae) 2. in Europa und Asien beheimatete Wildkatze aus der Gattung der Luchse; Eurasischer Luchs (Lynx lynx) 3. ein Mensch, der so aufmerksam und flink ist wie ein Luchs bzw. seine Vorteile zu sichern weiß wie ein Luchs ^([2])
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 Luchs
- Luchses genitive
- Luchse plural
- Luchsin feminine
- Lüchsin feminine rare
- Luchsen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Luchs
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Luchs in German?
Luchs appears 1.1 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).