how to pronounce ruck

/ʁʊk/

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the above transcription of ruck is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

ruck is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of ruck in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… kleinen ruck gegeben dass leute auf mich …”

meanings of ruck

noun:

Jerk.
Jolt.

ruck frequency in german - C2 level of CEFR

the word ruck occurs in german on average 4.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.