Lücke

See also: Lucke

German

Etymology

From Middle High German lücke, lucke, from Old High German luccha (“gap, space, opening, slit, crack, hatch”), from Proto-West Germanic *lukkjā (“hatch, trap door”), from Proto-Germanic *lukjǭ (“hole, opening, gap”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”). Doublet of Loch (“hole”) and Luke (“hatch”), and see the former for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʏkə]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -ʏkə
• Hyphenation: Lü‧cke

Noun

Lücke f (genitive Lücke, plural Lücken)

1. gap, opening
2. slit, crack
3. hatch

Declension

Declension of Lücke [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Lücke	die	Lücken
genitive	einer	der	Lücke	der	Lücken
dative	einer	der	Lücke	den	Lücken
accusative	eine	die	Lücke	die	Lücken

Hyponyms

• Erinnerungslücke f
• Parklücke f
• Primzahllücke f
• Zahnlücke f

Derived terms

• lückenhaft
• lückenlos

Further reading

• “Lücke” in Duden online
• “Lücke”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)