tuk

[tʊk]

/[tʊk]/ noun

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The verdict

“tuk” is uncommon German (frequency #67,799 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,799
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - organischer Stoff im Körper von Lebewesen; Fett

Corpus desk

Index DE-tuk · tuk · German

tuk · rank #67,799 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,799
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Turkmenistan

Nearest frequency peer: Turkmenistan (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „tuk“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „tuk“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tuk
PropertyValue
Headwordtuk
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[tʊk]
Letters3
Frequency rank#67,799
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „tuk“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).tukfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Turkmenistan“ (#67,800), „tropfte“ (#67,797), „Triade“ (#67,796). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „tuk“ bei #67,799. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tuk is uncommon German at frequency #67,799 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [tʊk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

tuk has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is tuk, spelled T-U-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    organischer Stoff im Körper von Lebewesen; Fett
  2. 2
    für die Ernährung oder Speisenzubereitung bestimmter Stoff; Fett
  3. 3
    Schmierstoff; Fett, Schmiere

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how tuk appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Odbourávání tuků v lidském těle probíhá v několika krocích.
  2. Tuky mohou být původu rostlinného i živočišného.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tuk"?
"tuk" is spelled T-U-K. The IPA pronunciation is [tʊk].
What does "tuk" mean?
As a noun, "tuk" means: organischer Stoff im Körper von Lebewesen; Fett
How do you pronounce "tuk"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tuk" is [tʊk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tuk" come from?
"tuk" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tuk", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tok#67,789SRS#67,727SFB#67,700asr#68,001

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list