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Stück.

one, item, piece, unit(of something countable; often untranslated in English)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃtʏk/
  1. one, item, piece, unit(of something countable; often untranslated in English)

    invariable · neuter · strong
    Ich brauche noch Glühbirnen. Geben Sie mir bitte drei Stück!
    Wie viel Stück wollen Sie?
  2. head (a single animal)

    invariable · neuter · strong
    200 Stück Vieh
  3. piece (portion of something bigger or of an uncountable mass)

    declinable · invariable · neuter · strong
    Er schneidet das Fleisch in Stücke.
    Ich nehme zwei Stück[e] Zucker.
  4. Something of artistic or historic value; piece of art (of any kind, but less common of novels and films)

    neuter · strong
    Dieser Tisch ist ein besonders schönes Stück.
    Spiel doch bitte mal ein Stück von den Beatles.
  5. a person, often female

    neuter · strong
    Sie ist ein heißes Stück.
    Er ist ein verlogenes Stück.
  6. piece (artillery gun)

    neuter · obsolete · strong
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle High German stücke, from Old High German stucki, from Proto-West Germanic *stukkī, from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją. Cognate with Hunsrik Stick, Dutch stuk, Luxembourgish Stéck, Yiddish שטיק (shtik), dialectal English steck (“piece”). Doublet of Stuck.

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