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Stuka

noun

Stuka is spelled S-T-U-K-A: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Stuka means “The Junkers Ju-87, a gull-winged single-engine German dive bomber used in World War II” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Stuka is Stukas.

How many letters and syllables are in Stuka?

Letters5: S-T-U-K-A
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 13 million words; the 107,757th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is Stuka?

Stuka appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th 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 Stuka?

    Stuka has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Forms of Stuka

    • Stukas plural

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does Stuka mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    noun

    1. 1

      informalThe Junkers Ju-87, a gull-winged single-engine German dive bomber used in World War II.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Where does Stuka come from?

    From German Stuka, from Sturzkampfbomber (“dive bomber”).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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