Lücke
German, noun[ˈlʏkə]
Lücke is spelled L-Ü-C-K-E (5 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written German, the 6,059th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lücke is a German feminine noun meaning “gap, opening” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Stelle, an der etwas fehlt, das dort sein sollte oder dort hin kann”.
What does Lücke mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegap, opening
- 2
feminineslit, crack
- 3
femininehatch
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Stelle, an der etwas fehlt, das dort sein sollte oder dort hin kann
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 Lücke
- Lücken plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lücke?
- [ˈlʏkə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Lücke
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Lücke in German?
Lücke appears 12 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).