Lusche
[ˈlʊʃə]
The verdict
“Lusche” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Spielkarte, die bei der Auszählung keine Punkte bringt (7er, 8er, 9er)
Corpus desk
Index DE-lusche · Lusche · German
Lusche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lusche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlʊʃə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lusche” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lusche is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlʊʃə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Lusche, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Lusche, spelled L-U-S-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Spielkarte, die bei der Auszählung keine Punkte bringt (7er, 8er, 9er)
- 2Person, die keine Funktion erfüllt, zu nichts oder wenig zu gebrauchen ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lusche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Luschen werden nicht mitgezählt.
Was erwartest du? Das ist halt eine Lusche.
This word in other languages
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