Saugrüssel
German, noun[ˈzaʊ̯kˌʁʏsl̩]
Saugrüssel is spelled S-A-U-G-R-Ü-S-S-E-L (10 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 251,029th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saugrüssel is a German masculine noun meaning “proboscis (especially of lepidopterans and other arthropods)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Saugrohr bei stechenden oder saugenden Insekten, mit dem diese Tiere ihre flüssige Nahrung aufnehmen können”.
What does Saugrüssel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineproboscis (especially of lepidopterans and other arthropods)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Saugrohr bei stechenden oder saugenden Insekten, mit dem diese Tiere ihre flüssige Nahrung aufnehmen können
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 Saugrüssel
- Saugrüssels genitive
- Saugrüsseln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Saugrüssel?
- [ˈzaʊ̯kˌʁʏsl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Saugrüssel in German?
Saugrüssel appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).