Tunke
German, noun/ˈtʊŋkə/
Tunke is spelled T-U-N-K-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 172,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tunke is a German feminine noun meaning “sauce, dip” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Flüssigkeit, in die etwas getunkt werden kann”.
What does Tunke mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesauce, dip
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Flüssigkeit, in die etwas getunkt werden kann
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 Tunke
- Tunken plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tunke?
- /ˈtʊŋkə/
- [ˈtʊŋkə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Tunke in German?
Tunke appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).