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Lücke.

gap, opening

5 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈlʏkə]
  1. gap, opening

    feminine
  2. slit, crack

    feminine
  3. hatch

    feminine
Where this word comes from

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.

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