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Mücke

German, noun

Mücke is spelled M-Ü-C-K-E (5 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written German, the 21,930th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mücke is a German feminine noun meaning “A nematoceran, an insect of the order Nematocera, that is a mosquito, crane fly, gnat, or midge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, Mucke is a different word: “quirk, flaw”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleines zweiflügliges Stechinsekt (Diptera, Unterordnung Nematocera), besonders Stechmücke”.

What does Mücke mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineA nematoceran, an insect of the order Nematocera, that is a mosquito, crane fly, gnat, or midge

  2. 2

    femininemosquito

  3. 3

    Austriafemininefly

noun

as Mucke
  1. 1

    femininequirk, flaw

noun

as Mucke
  1. 1

    colloquialfemininemusic

  2. 2

    feminineslanga gig or performance of a musician to gain secondary income

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. kleines zweiflügliges Stechinsekt (Diptera, Unterordnung Nematocera), besonders Stechmücke 2. kleine oder unwichtige Person

noun: 1. (in vielen Arten vorkommendes) kleines (blutsaugendes) zweiflügliges Stechinsekt 2. meist in geschlossenen Räumen vorkommende Fliege 3. als unangenehm empfundene Eigenheit/Eigenheiten (von Personen oder Tieren); als unangenehm empfundene, eigensinnige, sonderbare Gemütsverfassung, Stimmung 4. ab und zu auftretender kleinerer Defekt, Fehler, Makel, Mangel oder kleinere Störung

noun: 1. als Nebentätigkeit ausgeübter (kleinerer) Auftritt 2. tonkünstlerisch komponiertes oder improvisiertes Werk; aufgeführtes, hörbar gemachtes Musikstück

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 Mücke

  • Mücken plural
  • Mückchen diminutive neuter
  • Mücklein diminutive neuter
  • Mucke alternative Southern archaic
  • Mucken plural
  • Mukke alternative
  • Mugge variant

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

English words that translate to Mücke

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

How common is Mücke in German?

Mücke appears 2.3 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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