dunch
/dʌnt͡ʃ/verb, noun
dunch is spelled D-U-N-C-H: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, dunch means “To knock against; to hit, punch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dunch?
| Letters | 5: D-U-N-C-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 95 million words; the 313,259th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is dunch?
Dunch appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dunch?
- /dʌnt͡ʃ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dunch.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dunch
- dunches present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- dunching participle, present
- dunchin participle, present
- dunched participle, past
- dunsh
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dunch mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To knock against; to hit, punch
- 2
To crash into; to bump into.
- 3
ScotlandTo gore with the horns, as a bull.
- 4
UKTo push, jog, or nudge, especially with the elbow.
noun
- 1
A push; knock; bump.
- 2
A fat hit from a claggy lie.
- 3
informalrareA leisurely meal between lunch and dinner in the late afternoon or early evening (about 3-5 p.m.), usually instead of lunch or dinner.
I have a lunchtime meeting tomorrow, so let's have dunch together instead.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dunch in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense meal between lunch and dinner:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does dunch come from?
From Middle English dunchen, of uncertain origin. Possibly from the noun (see below); or of North Germanic origin, related to Old Swedish diunga (“to hit, knock”), dialectal Swedish dunka (“to beat”); or from Middle English dengen, from Old English denġan, denċġan (“to knock, ding”), from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną (“to bang, knock”). Compare English dinge.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).