Plenk
German, noun[plɛŋk]
Plenk is spelled P-L-E-N-K (5 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 182,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plenk is a German neuter noun meaning “inappropriate double space” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein standardwidriges Leerzeichen vor Satzzeichen oder ein doppeltes Leerzeichen”.
What does Plenk mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterinappropriate double space
- 2
neuterinappropriate space before punctuation
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein standardwidriges Leerzeichen vor Satzzeichen oder ein doppeltes Leerzeichen
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 Plenk
- Plenks genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Plenk?
- [plɛŋk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Plenk in German?
Plenk appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).