Plumpsack
German, noun[ˈplʊmpˌzak]
Plumpsack is spelled P-L-U-M-P-S-A-C-K (9 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written German, the 440,316th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plumpsack is a German masculine noun meaning “a twisted kerchief filled with lead for domestic discipline” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Plumpsack mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedmasculinea twisted kerchief filled with lead for domestic discipline
- 2
datedmasculinea clumsy person, whaler
- 3
datedmasculinevarious games in which a twisted kerchief, more or less dangerous, is used, such as duck, duck, goose
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Plumpsack
- Plumpsackes genitive
- Plumpsacks genitive
- Plumpsäcke plural
- Plumpsacke dative singular
- Plumpsäcken dative definite plural
- Plumbsack alternative
- Klumpsack alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Plumpsack?
- [ˈplʊmpˌzak]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Plumpsack in German?
Plumpsack appears about once in every 52 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).