Gurke

Meaning

1. (feminine) cucumber (plant) (Cucumis sativus)
2. (feminine) cucumber (fruit)
3. (feminine, humorous, informal) long nose
4. (colloquial, feminine) piece of junk (a device that is considered subpar and outdated, especially of vehicles and computing equipment)

Concepts

cucumber

🥒

gherkin

cucumbers

cowcumber

pickle

California roll

garden cucumber

Synonyms

Mobilfunktelefon

Handtelefon

Funkfernsprecher

Mobiltelefon

📱

Funktelefon

Natel

📱

Handy

📱

Ackerschnacker

Essiggurke

Cucumis sativus

Gewürzgurke

Gummer

Nase

👃

Salatgurke

🥒

eingelegte Gürkchen

Taschentelefon

Translations

concombre

🥒

komkommer

🥒

pepino

🥒

pepino

🥒

cetriolo

🥒

cogombre

hıyar

🥒

αγγούρι

salatalık

🥒

cucumis

🥒

cornichon

augurk

خيار

🥒

pepineiro

🥒

Dialects

Aargau

goggomere

Basel-Landschaft

goggummere

Basel-Landschaft

guggummere

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡʊrkə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Polish ogurek, from Byzantine Greek ἀγγούριον (angoúrion, “cucumber”).