Nuckel

/[ˈnʊkl̩]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

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Nuckel is aGermannoun. It means: Gegenstand aus teils Latex oder Silikon, teils Gummi oder Kunststoff, an dem Babys oder Kleinkinder saugen, um ihr Saugbedürfnis zu stillen (und sie damit zu beruhigen) Pronounced [ˈnʊkl̩].

Key facts for Nuckel
PropertyValue
HeadwordNuckel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnʊkl̩]
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Nuckel is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Nuckel is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnʊkl̩]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Nuckel in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Nuckel, spelled N-U-C-K-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gegenstand aus teils Latex oder Silikon, teils Gummi oder Kunststoff, an dem Babys oder Kleinkinder saugen, um ihr Saugbedürfnis zu stillen (und sie damit zu beruhigen)
  2. 2
    die mütterliche Brustwarze nachahmender Aufsatz aus Latex oder Silikon mit einem Loch, der auf eine Flaschenkopf gestülpt oder geschraubt wird, damit Säuglinge und Kleinkinder aus der Flasche ihr Trinken (vor allem Milch) saugen können
  3. 3
    Mann, der regelmäßig alkoholische Getränke in größeren Mengen zu sich nimmt
  4. 4
    (kurze) Pfeife zum Rauchen von Tabak
  5. 5
    mit grob geschnittenem oder gerissenem Tabak gefüllte dicke, lange Hülle aus einem Tabakblatt zum Rauchen
  6. 6
    mit fein geschnittenem Tabak gefüllte dünne, fingerlange Papierhülle zum Rauchen
  7. 7
    jemand, der langsam redet; jemand, der andere langweilt, der durch seine Langsamkeit andere ungeduldig macht
  8. 8
    Mann, der heimtückisch und störrisch ist

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Nuckel"?
"Nuckel" is spelled N-U-C-K-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnʊkl̩].
What does "Nuckel" mean?
As a noun, "Nuckel" means: Gegenstand aus teils Latex oder Silikon, teils Gummi oder Kunststoff, an dem Babys oder Kleinkinder saugen, um ihr Saugbedürfnis zu stillen (und sie damit zu beruhigen)
How do you pronounce "Nuckel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nuckel" is [ˈnʊkl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nuckel" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.