Lückenfüller
German, noun[ˈlʏkn̩ˌfʏlɐ]
Lückenfüller is spelled L-Ü-C-K-E-N-F-Ü-L-L-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 77,779th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lückenfüller is a German masculine noun meaning “stopgap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der eine Lücke füllt”.
What does Lückenfüller mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestopgap
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der eine Lücke füllt 2. etwas, das eine Lücke füllt
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 Lückenfüller
- Lückenfüllers genitive
- Lückenfüllern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lückenfüller?
- [ˈlʏkn̩ˌfʏlɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Lückenfüller
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Lückenfüller in German?
Lückenfüller appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).