Schuko

English

Double Schuko socket with one plug inserted. The dot in the middle of the socket is a screw head, not a third hole.

Etymology

Short for German Schutzkontakt (safety socket) from Schutz (“protection”), + Kontakt (“contact”)

Proper noun

Schuko

1. (attributive) A type of electrical socket (or plug) used in Europe, consisting of two round holes (or pins) with ground contacts on top and bottom.
   • 1984, MEC: Middle East Construction - Volume 9, page 78:

     By far the most widely used types outside the US, however, are the two-pin Schuko plug and socket of continental Europe and the fused three-pin and socket found in the UK.

   • 2015, Bruno Skvorc, Jump Start PHP Environment: Master the World's Most Popular Language, →ISBN:

     To understand abstraction, imagine a power socket in the EU. It looks like a pig snout, and we call it the Schuko socket, seen in Figure 8.7.

   • 2015, Larry Kulchawik, Trade Shows From One Country To The Next, →ISBN:

     Electrical Electrical power voltage in Germany is 230 V based on the Schuko system (Schuko is short for Schutzkontakt, which means safety socket).

   • 2016, Anna Hillgrén, Marika Bröckl, Mikko Halonen, Nordic best practices, →ISBN:

     Both vehicles should be able to be charged using a Schuko socket in one phase, 230V/10A, their top speed should exceed 100 km/h and their maximum cost should be SEK 400,000–650,000 (EUR 48,000–78,000).

Anagrams

• Houcks