Pauke
German, noun
Pauke is spelled P-A-U-K-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 63,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pauke is a German feminine noun meaning “kettledrum, timpani” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, pauke is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Schlaginstrument mit einem metallenem Kessel, der mit natürlichem oder künstlichem Fell bespannt ist; die…”.
What does Pauke mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininekettledrum, timpani
- 2
femininebass drum, any large low-pitched drum, especially as part of a marching band
- 3
colloquialfemininescolding
Standpauke
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Schlaginstrument mit einem metallenem Kessel, der mit natürlichem oder künstlichem Fell bespannt ist; die Tonhöhe kann durch verschieden starke Spannung des Fells verändert werden
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 Pauke
- Pauken plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Pauke
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pauke in German?
Pauke appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).