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Schnecke.

snail, slug

8 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʃnɛkə/
  1. snail, slug

    feminine
  2. an attractive woman; chick

    feminine · slang
  3. a slow person, sluggard

    feminine · informal
  4. the cochlea in the inner ear

    feminine
  5. female genitalia, pussy

    feminine · slang
  6. a screw or worm thread

    feminine
  7. scroll (the carved wooden spiral at the end of a stringed instrument's fingerboard)

    feminine
  8. pastry in the form of a snail

    feminine
  9. volute of a column

    feminine
  10. fusee

    feminine
  11. a stylized charge consisting of a tapering spiral inward from the edge to the centre of the shield, somewhat resembling the spiral on a snail's shell or a gurges

    feminine · rare
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German snëcke, from Old High German sneggo, snecco, from Proto-Germanic *sneggô.

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