Schluckauf
German, noun/ˈʃlʊkˌʔaʊ̯f/
Schluckauf is spelled S-C-H-L-U-C-K-A-U-F (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 45,845th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schluckauf is a German masculine noun meaning “hiccup” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unwillkürliches, ruckartiges Einatmen bei gleichzeitigem Von-sich-Geben von glucksenden Geräuschen…”.
What does Schluckauf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehiccup
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unwillkürliches, ruckartiges Einatmen bei gleichzeitigem Von-sich-Geben von glucksenden Geräuschen, hervorgerufen durch ruckartiges Zusammenziehen des Zwerchfells (ähnlich wie beim Husten)
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 Schluckauf
- Schluckaufs genitive
- Schluckaufe nominative plural
- Schluckaufen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schluckauf?
- /ˈʃlʊkˌʔaʊ̯f/
- [ˈʃlʊkˌʔaʊ̯f]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schluckauf
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schluckauf in German?
Schluckauf appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).