Stück
German, noun
Stück is spelled S-T-Ü-C-K (5 letters) and appears 123 times per million words in written German, the 707th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stück is a German neuter noun meaning “one, item, piece, unit(of something countable; often untranslated in English)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, Stuck is a different word: “stucco”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Teil eines Ganzen”.
What does Stück mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterone, item, piece, unit(of something countable; often untranslated in English)
Ich brauche noch Glühbirnen. Geben Sie mir bitte drei Stück!
- 2
neuterhead (a single animal)
- 3
neuterpiece (portion of something bigger or of an uncountable mass)
Er schneidet das Fleisch in Stücke.
- 4
neuterSomething of artistic or historic value; piece of art (of any kind, but less common of novels and films)
Dieser Tisch ist ein besonders schönes Stück.
- 5
neutera person, often female
Sie ist ein heißes Stück.
- 6
neuterobsoletepiece (artillery gun)
noun
- 1
masculinestucco
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Teil eines Ganzen 2. eine einzelne, oft kostbare Sache von Dingen gleicher Art und Beschaffenheit 3. allgemeiner Zahlklassifikator für Dinge, Pflanzen, Tiere 4. Werk der darstellenden Kunst (zum Beispiel Drama, Oper)
noun: 1. Werkstoff aus Mörtel, Sand, Kalk und/oder Gips 2. Wand- oder Deckenverzierung aus Stuck^([1])
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 Stück
- Stückes genitive
- Stücks genitive
- Stücke plural
- Stücker plural
- Stückchen diminutive neuter
- Stücklein diminutive neuter
- Stückerl diminutive neuter
- Stücken dative definite plural
- Stückern dative definite plural
- Stucks genitive
- Stck. abbreviation
- Stk. abbreviation
- St. abbreviation
- Stückel diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Stück
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Stück in German?
Stück appears 123 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).